From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: chuck gelm Subject: Re: VM Vs Swap space Date: Thu, 07 Oct 2004 06:41:38 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <41651D62.1010001@gelm.net> References: <20041007091515.73785.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com> Reply-To: chuck@gelm.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20041007091515.73785.qmail@web52904.mail.yahoo.com> List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: Ankit Jain Cc: newbie Ankit Jain wrote: >how will u differentiate virtual memory and swap area > >thanks > >ankit > > Virtual memory is swap area in use. Regards, Chuck > --- chuck gelm 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 >> >> - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs