On Fri, 16 Mar 2001, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2001, Andrzej Krzysztofowicz wrote:
> > "Rik van Riel wrote:"
> > > total usage == maximum(swap, ram)
> >
> > Does it mean that having swap<RAM you only lose some disk space ?
>
> If you actually "rely" on swap, yes.
Sorry, I also don't understand this. Take a plain simple situation - your
RAM is full, swap (which is < RAM) empty, you start (or try to) another
application - will it start? If yes - it means you already have
total > max(swap, RAM)
if you simply can't start another app in this situation - that'd be VERY
strange...
Guennadi
>
> If you usually don't swap but want to have it for "overflow"
> in some situations, or if only a few things end up on swap,
> then it's actually useful.
>
> regards,
>
> Rik
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