i see... ey, thanks much for the info, guys.. really appreciate it.. :) On Jan 2, 2008 1:07 PM, Zak B. Elep <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jan 2, 2008 9:42 AM, mary tabucan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i see.. so when does my machine normally use the swap? Does my machine > make > > use of it when my RAM gets full, am i getting it right? > > Yup, you're doing it right. :D > > You can check if swap is enabled and used by looking at the output of > `swapon -s'. Typically swap gets used even if RAM isn't fully used up > when memory-intensives like Firefox make use of the swap to store > not-so-frequently accessed media. Also, if you're using a tmpfs > partition (like having it on /tmp,) swap can be used in the same way > as RAM. > > Cheers, > > Zakame > > > -- > Zak B. Elep || http://zakame.spunge.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] || [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1486 7957 454D E529 E4F1 F75E 5787 B1FD FA53 851D > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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