On Oct 10, 2005, at 5:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 10/10/05 7:23:27 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< With OS X, however, the OS deals with
fragmentation, keeping it at a constant minimum on the fly. That is
one of the reasons OS X needs that elbow room in free space. >>
Hmm, is there a way to just set aside that space so that when the
drive
reports xMB free you actually can use xMB? I personally think it
would be kinda
nice for os x to include this "swap space" in the system folder
automatically.
Yes you can set up a swap partition, but the simpler answer is just
make sure you've got plenty of drive space. A good rule of thumb is
2-3 X the memory you have in the system minimum. Another one I hear
all the time is keep 10% of the drive free.
Unix gets weird when filesystems fill up.
--
Bruce Johnson
"No matter where you go, there you are", B. Banzai
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