>> this is another problem. configure >> swap to be double the RAM size, or if you insist on loading the >> machine about 4 times the RAM size. you obviously forgot to or didn't >> want to configure swap. > > is the "twice the RAM" mantra still valid today?
i have seen openbsd swap just once on 8 GB RAM, when gmake -j 6 compiles loaded huge linking stages. you are asking the wrong person :-)