Windows ALLWAYS creates some swap. The same is true for any other OS also.
If it _can_ swap, then it will. Take a basic OS theory course or two if you
want a good comprehensive answer as to why--that is something beyond the
scope of this project.
Drew Northup, N1XIM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf
> Of Eric Laberge
> Sent: Sunday, December 17, 2000 11:34 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [plex86] just a thought
>
>
> I agree, and of it would be better of course if we could tell Plex86 to
> use, let's say, 256MB RAM. But will the guest OS will understand not to
> create its own swap? We must not assume anything about the guest.
>
> EL
>
> At 13:02 2000-12-17 +0100, you wrote:
>
>
> >Eric Laberge wrote:
> >
> > > Unfortunately, even when an operating system doesn't use
> files, it still
> > > needs access to its swap file, which I guess would be pretty
> screwed up
> > > with a removable disk.
> >
> >For performance reasons it might be an advantage if swapping can be
> >forwarded to the native swapfile. Instead of allowing the guest to
> >generate an swapfile-based virtual Memory of e.g. 128 MB it should be
> >possible to allocate 128 MB of virtual Memory on the host OS (which
> >ist presented as physical Memory to the guest) and disable swapping in
> >the guest OS. To do so the guest-OS should have an option not to use
> >all available Memory for Disk-Caching purposes.
> >
> >Elmar
>
>
