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From: Ankit Jain <ankitjain1580@yahoo.com>
To: chuck@gelm.net
Cc: newbie <linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: VM Vs Swap space
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:15:15 +0100 (BST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041007091515.73785.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4164A287.4050207@gelm.net>

how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area

thanks

ankit
 --- chuck gelm <chuck@gelm.net> wrote: 
> Ankit Jain wrote:
> 
> >hi
> >
> >if somebody can tell me that is this correct?
> >
> >(1)can i say that swap area created by linux is
> nothign
> >but virtual memory. (2)is it correct to use the
> term
> >interchangeably
> >
> >thanks
> >
> >ankit
> >  
> >
> (1) A swap file or swap partition can be used as
> virtual memory.
> (2) I am not sure.  Why one would wish to use 'swap
> area'
> interchangeably with 'virtual memory'.
> :-|
> Chuck
> 
> 
>  

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2004-10-07  9:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-06  8:52 VM Vs Swap space Ankit Jain
2004-10-07  1:57 ` chuck gelm
2004-10-07  6:01   ` kernel kernel
2004-10-07  9:15   ` Ankit Jain [this message]
2004-10-07  9:25     ` kernel kernel
2004-10-07  9:37       ` Ankit Jain
2004-10-07 10:31         ` chuck gelm
2004-10-07 16:05         ` Pratik Solanki
2004-10-07 16:07         ` Pratik Solanki
2004-10-08  3:29           ` kernel kernel
2004-10-07 10:41     ` chuck gelm
2004-10-07 16:09       ` Pratik Solanki
     [not found]         ` <20041007172157.63553.qmail@web52908.mail.yahoo.com>
2004-10-07 18:49           ` Pratik Solanki
2004-10-07 22:13             ` chuck gelm
2004-10-08  2:49               ` Jim Nelson
2004-10-08 15:25               ` Pratik Solanki
     [not found] <9cb08bfa04100708182c097689@mail.gmail.com>
     [not found] ` <20041007160656.32450.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com>
2004-10-07 16:13   ` Pratik Solanki

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