Ivan Garcia Sainz-Aja wrote: > how can i limit the amount of this cache linux uses? > > i'm using an external usb hd for playing movies/mp3 but > after a time of usage the memory becomes full and the system > virtually unusable and i got to umount/mount the drive to > keep working
You don't say what kernel you are using - on 2.6-series kernels you can tune the 'swappiness' setting in /proc/sys/vm. Lower this value to make the kernel more aggressively reclaim memory used for buffers and disk cache. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
