> I think that may not be enough. The 2.4.7 system may be > a little larger than the 2.2.16 systems, just enough to make > a difference.
Older 2.4 kernels need both more swap and break horribly under vm load. The 2.4.9-RH kernel tree has conservative fixes for that. The 2.4.17/8pre tree behaves much better and there are existing competing patches to make it better yet still to be merged
