Re: swap cache

ralf@uni-koblenz.de
Fri, 18 Dec 1998 03:23:09 +0100


On Thu, Dec 17, 1998 at 10:38:24AM -0500, Todd Graham Lewis wrote:

> On Thu, 17 Dec 1998, Prasun Kapoor wrote:
>
> > Also a part of RAM is used as swap file. I am not sure if linux also
> > supports such implementation.
>
> Linux supports such easily enough; create a ramdisk, create a swapfile
> on the ramdisk, and then activate it.
>
> I do not understand the utility of this design.

I assume the memory filesystem a la /tmp was meant.

Ralf

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