iMac crashing and restarting on its own

Hi all

My iMac has been crashing lately and restart on its own. After trying to solve what was going on, I noticed that, just before these accidents occur, the following 2 warnings repeatedly appear on the Console:

kernel [0]: could not open the file 2

kernel [0]: vm_swap_create_file @ 1554 dry failure

During the inspection, I realized that the var, there is no /vm folder and, therefore, no swap file, that made me suspect that the problem is related to virtual memory.

I tried to launch an intensive application of memory while monitoring the use of memory through Activity Monitor and, of course, when all memory is used, the system crashes. Used swap shows 0 bytes at all times. In comparison, my MacBook Air has always a certain amount of used Swap data, even if some memory is used.

I tried to verify if the virtual memory was somehow disabled, by using 'sudo launchctl load-w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/com.apple.dynamic_pager.plist' but it seems that the service is already loaded.

I'm at a loss and need help. Someone at - it clues about what is happening?

Read this previous post of the Apple community...

Boot the system using all the memory of my app and have to restart every few minutes. Chrome and firefox only apps that seem to cause the problem. Someone at - it suggestions? memory Mac early 2009 16 GB pro

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