Low memory machines

alex.buell@tahallah.demon.co.uk
Wed, 8 Jul 1998 11:06:01 -0400 (EDT)


Hi guys,

At home I have a VLB i486DX/100 with 32MB of memory running 2.1.108 and
26MB of swap file. I recently installed my own brand of Linux 2.1.107 on
my machine at work (secretly), and it is a PCI Pentium 75 with 16MB of
RAM, with a 128MB swap file.

The odd thing is that the P75 even with 16MB is faster than my i486DX/100
with 32MB. Why? I'd have expected the P75 to be a lot slower due to the
size of the memory!

Cheers,
Alex.

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