Re: [9fans] install "out of physical memory"

["Bruce Ellis" <bruce.ellis@gmail.com>]

fixed size is no option.  try building gs.

brucee

On 9/18/06, erik quanstrom <quanstro@quanstro.net> wrote:
> let's face it.  there are some questions that are best left unasked.  buy
> lots of memory, keep a swap partition and keep your fingers crossed
> that you never need an answer to that question --- what do i do when
> i run out of memory!
>
> either that, or do like knuth.  we keep a fixed tablesize for everything.
> we size these variables to the memory size of the machine, then we
> will never run out of memory.  if you try to start one too many processes,
> it will helpfully give an error message before you start. ;-)
>
> - erik
>
> On Sun Sep 17 16:11:27 CDT 2006, bruce.ellis@gmail.com wrote:
> > i've never had problems with swap.  my setup at the labs was diskless
> > "terminal" with lotsa ram and swap on /n/other.  it never failed, tho swap
> > was really only there to cope with extraordinary circumstances.
> >
> > i have a similar setup in sydney tho "other" is local.
> >
> > killing a random process is not a solution.  it's an egregious hack.
> >
> > brucee
> >
>