Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-20 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.06.20.0118 +0200]: > > it might be a problem. the 2.4 kernel has the most embarassing > > virtual memory management i've seen. quite possible it's the cause. > > 2.2 still had fair (not good) virtual memory management. > > I hope you aren't talkin

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-19 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Wednesday 19 June 2002 21:32, martin f krafft wrote: > it might be a problem. the 2.4 kernel has the most embarassing > virtual memory management i've seen. quite possible it's the cause. > 2.2 still had fair (not good) virtual memory management. I hope you aren't talking about that pre-2.4.10

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach tvn1981 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.06.19.2104 +0200]: > I tried swapoff -a and reboot with Debian's default 2.2 kernel (Woody) > and it turns swapoff immediately, no problem. it might be a problem. the 2.4 kernel has the most embarassing virtual memory management i've seen. quite possib

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-19 Thread tvn1981
> it is probably okay actually. after all, when you deactivate swap, all > swap files have to be emptied and writting into memory. > unfortunately, memory might not be able to hold it all, and swapping > occurs. until all is swapped in, it takes a while. > But it never get passed that stage ...

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-19 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach tvn1981 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002.06.19.1118 +0200]: > Same thing happens, the HD blinks forever ... I suspect something 's > wrong with my config - can someone look at it an see if any major fault > ? it is probably okay actually. after all, when you deactivate swap, all swap file

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-19 Thread tvn1981
On Sun, 2002-06-16 at 10:19, Rob Ransbottom wrote: > This may be another process hanging. What happens > if you swapoff everything when the system is lightly loaded? > Same thing happens, the HD blinks forever ... I suspect something 's wrong with my config - can someone look at it an see if an

Re: Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-18 Thread Rob Ransbottom
On 18 Jun 2002, tvn1981 wrote: > Hello, I just recompile the kernel for my old machine. I can boot into > this new kernel and everything seems like what I wanted, except when I > shut down the computer > It tries to turn off all services and such but at the line > "Deactivating swap " the

Deactivating swap ..... takes forever

2002-06-18 Thread tvn1981
Hello, I just recompile the kernel for my old machine. I can boot into this new kernel and everything seems like what I wanted, except when I shut down the computer It tries to turn off all services and such but at the line "Deactivating swap " the HD led just blinks and it won't pass that