From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:43:37 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:43:27 -0400 Received: from moutvdom00.kundenserver.de ([195.20.224.149]:5207 "EHLO moutvdom00.kundenserver.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 6 Jun 2001 11:43:09 -0400 Message-ID: <000701c0ee9f$515fd6a0$3303a8c0@einstein> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Christian_Borntr=E4ger?= To: In-Reply-To: <3B1D5ADE.7FA50CD0@illusionary.com><991815578.30689.1.camel@nomade><20010606095431.C15199@dev.sportingbet.com><0106061316300A.00553@starship> <200106061528.f56FSKa14465@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca> Subject: Re: Break 2.4 VM in five easy steps Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 17:42:36 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org OK, Linus said if I use swap it should be at least twice as much as RAM. there will be much more discussion about it, for me this contraint is a very very bad idea. Have you ever thought about diskless workstations? Swapping over a network sounds ugly. Nevertheless, my question is: what happens if I plan to use no swap. I have enough memory installed for my purposes and every swapping operation can do only one thing: slowing down the system. Is there a different behaviour if I completely disable swap? greetings Christian Bornträger