Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!uwvax!oddjob!gargoyle!ihnp4!homxb!genesis!andys From: andys@genesis.UUCP (a.b.sherman) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: UNIX PC Problems Message-ID: <359@genesis.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Jul-87 17:23:50 EDT Article-I.D.: genesis.359 Posted: Mon Jul 27 17:23:50 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Jul-87 00:49:39 EDT References: <31200002@ccvaxa> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Middletown, NJ Lines: 17 Summary: Swap space was not the problem There has been much discussion about increasing swap space on the 7300/3B1. As a 3B1 user of over a year, I question the need. The problem alluded to in several of the postings was not a lack of swap space but a bug in the kernel that caused the system to panic when running uucico *WHILE RELATIVELY IDLE!!!!* This has been fixed, and the fixdisk is available from the hotline. The symptom is unexplained crashes (with uucico or uusched active) in the middle of the night. 4:00 AM was a favorite time, leading it to be called "The 4:00 AM crash bug". Get more swap space if you need it, by all means, but don't waste your disk if you don't need it. Don't forget that this system is demand paged. -- andy sherman / at&t bell laboratories (medical diagnostic systems) room 2h-097 / 480 red hill road / middletown, nj 07748 (201) 615-5708 / andys@shlepper.ATT.COM ...The views and opinions are my own. Who else would want them?