Re: sleeping processes and swap

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Author: Dazed_75
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: sleeping processes and swap
Michael,

Are you saying that all your memory slots are used or that you have the
maximum memory size your motherboard will support? Tell us what you have;
Machine (make and model)
Motherboard (make and model)
Memory slot count
Memory type (SDR, DDR, Rambus, ...)
Memory Sticks (e.g. 128Mb x2, ...)



On 11/27/06, Michael Havens <> wrote:
>
> but I'm maxed out in RAM so I suppose I live with a slow system.
>
> On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 09:35:24 -0700, Dennis Kibbe
> <> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 27 Nov 2006 08:01:19 -0700
> > "Michael Havens" <> wrote:
> >
> >> I tell ya', if there is a way to do this it would make all computers
> >> lightning fast.
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > The time tested way to make a computer faster is to add physical RAM.
> > Linux will use excess physical RAM as a chashe to store data it thinks
> > it might need again.
> >
> > Using swap for any reason is a stop-gapo for not having enough RAM since
> > swap is sooo much s-l-o-w-e-r.
> >
> > dennisk
>
>
>
> --
> :~)MIKE(~:
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