home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!pipex!warwick!uknet!brunel!cs89rdb
- From: cs89rdb@brunel.ac.uk (Roger D Binns)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: Swap speed - my machine is a potted plant!
- Message-ID: <Bx8xDq.18D@brunel.ac.uk>
- Date: 5 Nov 92 13:56:13 GMT
- References: <Nov.4.11.16.57.1992.1608@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
- Lines: 18
- X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
-
- Glenn Wasserman (glenw@gandalf.rutgers.edu) wrote:
- : Is there any way to make swapping more efficient under linux? I don't want to
- : make a swap partition, but when the system needs resources under X and resorts
- : to swapping, the speed of the system degrades to a point where it's almost use-
- : less. I have to simply wait until it's done swapping.
- :
-
- The easiest long term way is to fork out a few dollars for another 4MB of
- memory.
-
- Roger
- --
- +=============================================================================+
- | cs89rdb@brunel.ac.uk Roger Binns Brunel University - UK |
- |:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::|
- | Do your bit to destroy the American economy by overwhelming their legal |
- | system - buy an Intel chip to run your Lotus software TODAY. |
- +=============================================================================+
-