On Tuesday, July 10, 2001, at 11:13  pm, Dan Debertin wrote:

> Do you in fact have swap space configured? (swapctl -l)
>
> When compiling large stuff like the kernel, does 'swapctl -l' actually
> show some swapping taking place?

Yes, no doubt about that. I get a change in the amount of Swap Space 
used when compiling.

> If not, are you using actual disk as swap, or a swapfile, or nothing?

A swap partition: /dev/sd0b

All the best.

Matthew