>I had posted a question about error I have been getting with Nikon LS 2000 >scanner on my G3 B&W > >I seem to have resolved the errors by turning off Virtual memory when >scanning... >Which brings me to my question.... > >What are the pros and cons of having virtual memory on or off?? > >I have always thought that speed increased with VM on and set to 1mb over >installed real RAM... > >I have 384 MB of real ram....
You waste 385 MB then. I find VM as worthless UNLESS you have limited system RAM (below 192MB). Swap space, on the other hand, are god-sends. They are not the same. By default, with VM, I believe it writes to your hard drive immediately, SWAP space writes when the real RAM fills. I always run that at 4-8x my system ram (check out http://www.coleman-web.net/phpsys and http://www.petcube.com/phpinfo/ for examples in linux). -- Ryan -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
