Swap file errors on 4 GB drive.

[Lowell Gilbert]

"W. D." <WD at US-Webmasters.com> writes:

> At 03:39 9/5/2004, Markie wrote:
> >|----- Original Message -----
> >|From: "W. D." <WD at US-Webmasters.com>
> >|To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> >|Sent: Sunday, September 05, 2004 7:36 AM
> >|Subject: Swap file errors on 4 GB drive.
> >|
> >
> >|Hi folks,
> >|
> >
> >Hi
> >
> >|I tried to install FreeBSD 4.9 on a computer with
> >|a 4 GB drive, but it killed the kernel when it
> >|got a swap file error.
> >|
> >
> >I have it installed on a 4GB drive.
> >
> >|I put in an 8 GB drive an everything went smoothly.
> >|
> >
> >Perhaps your 4GB drive had bad sectors?
> 
> Well, it tested fine with Hitachi's drive fitness test:
> http://www.HitachiGST.com/hdd/support/download.htm
> 
> What other ways are there to test drives? 


That would usually be pretty definitive.
What *was* the error you got from the FreeBSD install?