hey thanx folks, your suggestions really added to my knowledge. I tried free and than realized it really doesnt make difference in speed increasing swap, as my swap was really not being used. But even then I tried adding swap as a quest to my curosity.
thanx again. Ratnakar Koli ----- Original Message ---- From: Akash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Technical list for helping people with installation and configuration issues <linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net> Sent: Saturday, November 3, 2007 8:25:08 PM Subject: Re: [LIH] How to increase SWAP? On 11/3/07, Kingsly John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If your system is actively using swap. It'll only slow things down. Disk I/O > is way slower than RAM. > > While you can add swap files to increase swap size as someone suggested... > it'll only slow things down further as swap files are slower than swap > partitions. Will this help ? http://rudd-o.com/archives/2007/10/02/tales-from-responsivenessland-why-linux-feels-slow-and-how-to-fix-that/2/ -- regards akash ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list linux-india-help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
