diff -uNr misc/hell-hound.sh misc.foo/hell-hound.sh
--- misc/hell-hound.sh	Wed Dec 19 11:08:12 2001
+++ misc.foo/hell-hound.sh	Wed Dec 19 15:56:06 2001
@@ -60,29 +60,23 @@
 RAWIO="no"
 LTP="no"
 
-#Calc total available memory
+
+# Calc total available memory
 PMEM_KB=`cat /proc/meminfo | grep '^MemTotal:' | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
 SWAP_KB=`cat /proc/meminfo | grep '^SwapTotal:' | sed 's/^[^0-9]*\([0-9]*\).*/\1/'`
 
-#
-# Right now, we let Cerberus allocate RAM + Swap/2.  Bcrl says this
-# is bogus if Swap < RAM, so we issue a warning message.
-
-if [ `echo "$SWAP_KB - ( 2 * $PMEM_KB )" | bc -q` -lt 0 ] ; then {
-
-    echo "Warning: Your machine has Swap < 2*RAM.  This is too little"
-    echo "swap to run Cerberus reliably.  Continue?"
-
-    DEFAULT_ANS="no"; yn
-    DO_IT=$ANSWER_YN
 
-    if [ $DO_IT = "no" ] ; then {
-	exit 0
-	} ; fi
+# The maximum amount of memory that testing can possibly use will be: 
+# min (RAM * 1.2, RAM + Swap/2) memory.
+LOTTA_SWAP_MMB=`echo "( $PMEM_KB + ( $SWAP_KB / 2 ) ) / 1024" | bc -q`
+CONSERVATIVE_MMB=`echo "( $PMEM_KB + ( $PMEM_KB / 5 ) ) / 1024" | bc -q`
 
-} ; fi
+if [ "$CONSERVATIVE_MMB" -lt "$LOTTA_SWAP_MMB" ] ; then
+    MMB="$CONSERVATIVE_MMB"
+else
+    MMB="$LOTTA_SWAP_MMB"
+fi
 
-MMB=`echo "( $PMEM_KB + ( $SWAP_KB / 2 ) ) / 1024" | bc -q`
 
 # Reserve 256 MB for the kernel and sys processes on enterprise kernel
 # Reserve 64 MB on non-enterprise kernels
@@ -92,12 +86,14 @@
 	RESERVE_KERNEL=64
 fi
 
+
 # Give the user a chance to reserve some additional memory.
 echo "How much extra memory (in MB) beyond the defaults do you want to reserve? [0] "
 read RESERVE_EXTRA
 [ $RESERVE_EXTRA ] || RESERVE_EXTRA=0
 
 
+# Finally, calculate maximum memory Cerberus will attempt to use.
 MEM_CEILING=`echo "$MMB - $RESERVE_KERNEL - $RESERVE_EXTRA" | bc -q`
 echo "Calculating maximum allocable memory =" $MEM_CEILING "MB"