Re: VM Vs Swap space

Pratik Solanki
2004-10-07T16:09:58Z

On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 06:41:38 -0400, chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net> wrote:
> Ankit Jain wrote:
>
> >how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >ankit
> >
> >
> Virtual memory is swap area in use.

umm. A running system can or cannot have swap. Correct me if I am
wrong but you can't disable virtual memory once its enabled, or at the
very least it would be extremely tough to do so and I don't know of
any system that does it. Virtual memory is enabled when the kernel
starts up and stays that way. Swap is a different issue.

Pratik.