Installing and Using Applications
Memory Usage and Swap Space
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SPARCbook Portable Workstation User Guide
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Do not try and run too many applications at once. You may have
to reduce the number of different applications active or on the
DeskTop if you want to run a new large application.
Checking swap space usage
You can find out how much swap space you are using at any time by
using the following command:
%
swap -l
This prints out the amount of swap space available and in use.
Adding swap space
You can create and add additional swap space without reformatting the
disk. For example, the following steps create a 16Mbyte file for use as
extra swap space (you will need to be superuser or logged in as root to
do this) as follows:
1.
Create a swap file using the following commands:
#
mkdir /swap
#
cd /swap
#
mkfile 16m SWAPFIL
E
Make a 16Mbyte file
2.
Add the swap file to the system by edityou should add lines such
as the following to the file
/etc/vfstab:
/swap/SWAPFILE
- - swap - no - no -
3.
Restart your SPARCbook using a full system startup
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