On Sunday, 3. November 2002 03:09, you wrote: > On 2 Nov 2002, Nishant Sharma wrote: > > pages only under memory pressure. If the mem > > consumption is less than the onboard ram then i suppose > > no swapping should take place. Am i right here ??? > > Yes. > > > What will be the scenario like if i dont specify a swap > > device at all ? > > The system will reclaim file-backed cache memory. Does it mean it takes a file (i.e. somewhere in /tmp ) for swapping ? What can I do to stop swapping at all ? TIA, Franz -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
