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In solaris:
If foo is a 1G *filesystem* then:
mkfile 768m /foo/swapfile
swap -a /foo/swapfile
would give you an additional 768 MB of virtual memory
I'm not sure about linux
Also, That zip file wasn't accessable, could you upload it to
ftp://ftp.brickshelf.com/incoming
?
KL
In lugnet.cad, Jacob Sparre Andersen writes:
> I wrote:
>
> > John VanZwieten:
>
> [...]
>
> > > I've run into a snag as far as doing new updates. My PC
> > > is giving me an out of memory error when I run the POV
> > > file (despite 384MB of RAM). Jacob's going to try it on
> > > his server.
> >
> > I have a bit of trouble with some PNG libraries that povray
> > seems to feel a large need for.
>
> I found out how to solve the PNG problem - and that I only
> have memory+swap space for the first 65608 lines of the
> (65649 lines long) POV file.
>
>
> I have an "unused"[1] 1 Gb partition on my disk. Can anybody
> suggest how I can format and mount this partition as
> (additional) swap space for Linux? There is a detail that
> makes this a challenging adventure: the machine is in
> Denmark and I am in France.
>
>
> Play well,
>
> Jacob
>
> ------------------------------------------------
> -- E-mail: sparre@cats.nbi.dk --
> -- Web...: <URL:http://www.ldraw.org/FAQ/> --
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| (...) [...] (...) I found out how to solve the PNG problem - and that I only have memory+swap space for the first 65608 lines of the (65649 lines long) POV file. I have an "unused"[1] 1 Gb partition on my disk. Can anybody suggest how I can format (...) (27 years ago, 14-Sep-99, to lugnet.cad, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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