RE: swap cache

Tony Hoyle (tmh@netfusion.co.uk)
Thu, 17 Dec 1998 16:09:09 -0000


> Linux supports such easily enough; create a ramdisk, create a swapfile
> on the ramdisk, and then activate it.

Is it me or is this the most singularly silly idea ever....

RAM runs short, so the system starts swapping bits of itself out to RAM to
free more RAM up.

err, um ....

Tony

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