Am Mon, 24 Apr 2000 schrieben Sie:
> Linux will manage the memory space so that if there's some more useful
> use for the memory it'll take back the disk cache space. Run enough
> applications that need the space and it'll shrink up real nice.
>
> If you have applications actuallly dying from lack of memory while the
> disk cache is still locked in, you've got a problem; otherwise, just
> enjoy the intelligent use of memory.
>
> PS: If you hve 256M you might want to get rid of swap space entirely;
> that's what I've done.
>
> Necrotica wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > In Mandrake, is there a way where I can control the amount of memory being
> > used as a disk cache? I've noticed that sometimes Mandrake is using almost
> > 100MB of physcial RAM as a disk cache, especially after doing something
> > intensive such as compiling an application. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to
> > shrink
> >
> > I have 256MB of physcial RAM in my box. I would *think* that having a maximum
> > of a 64MB disk cache would suffice. Any thoughts? Thanks...
> >
> > -Chris
>
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Brian,
it is better to leave the swap space. I also got 256MB of ram (its nice to work
with enough? ram. On making mp3s I had a little swapping and I guess some
programs will have a look on swap on installation.
regards
Burkhard
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