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From: William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>
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Subject: Re: amanda vs 2.6
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On Wednesday 26 November 2003 12:19, William Lee Irwin III wrote:
>> echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/overcommit_memory

On Wed, Nov 26, 2003 at 02:15:52PM -0500, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Unforch, this seems to have fubared the system, and I will have to 
> reboot as I cannot (it hangs) do an "su amanda" after executeing 
> this.

Sounds like trouble. Are there any external signs of what's going on?
e.g. is the disk thrashing?


-- wli