>with netbsd for every 256MB of swap 1MB of real memory is LOCKED (16
>bytes structure for each 4KB page) . so 40-50MB is better choice.
Thanks, I wasn't aware of this, so simply went with the default.

>what is your kernel?
>did you compiled your custom. generic is huge and this may cause problems.

It is a custom built cutdown kernel with diagnostics enabled.