Re: NetBSD VM crashing with 16M, NOT with 14.5M!

[Calvin <diavolo%azure.engin.umich.edu@localhost>]

On Fri, 20 Sep 1996, Chun Tham wrote:

> Hi there everyone...  I left a note a little while back describing a
> problem with my A2000/GVP-040/16M hanging with the SCSI light continuously
> on while swapping.  I've since found that using "gobsd MEMLIMIT=xxxx"
> where the xxxx is setting the memory to 14.5M makes the system as stable
> as rock!

I found that when I use my full amount of memory (noncontinuous) (2 megs 
of 16 + 8 megs of 32) NetBSD will crash.  If I restrict to just 8 megs of 
32 it seems to be very stable. 

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