Re: Forget fragmentation (was Re: Linux hostile to poverty)

bytor@tucka.nmhu.edu
Sat, 18 Jul 1998 20:28:40 -0400 (EWT)


On 18 Jul 1998, Linus Torvalds wrote:

> People that have 8MB machines, could you please check out what happens
> when you do a
>
> echo "20 40 60" > /proc/sys/vm/freepages
>
> and whether that is a better default for small machines?

I'll dust off the old DX2-66/8mb machine and compile egcs, X11 or
something else big on it :)

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