thanks
> > if not, could a swap file be stored on a compressed drive? if this seems
> > a weird idea, i'd say that it depends on the implementation. there could
> > be optimizations done on the compression.
> I just tried it:
> # mkswap swapfile
> Setting up swapspace, size = 16773120 bytes
> # swapon /home/swapfile
> EXT2-fs warning (device 03:06): ext2_bmap: compressed cluster
> rw_swap_page: bad swap file
aren't you supposed to do a sync sometime between mkswap + swapon?
> There are already resource limits--see the setrlimit(2) man page.
> Typically, an administrator would set them in /etc/login.conf or
> /etc/profile. It's been proposed that the way Linux does this should be
> improved, but this is a matter of controversy among the top developers.
i just tried bash's rlimit -m, but linux seems to ignore my requests..
well.. this is not a tech support list.
matju
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