to see more memory.
is that possible?
On 1/30/07, Björn <
askadar@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 1/30/07, Salvatore Benedetto < emitrax@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I was wondering if it is possible to increase the amount of system memory
> seen by my FOX board by using a USB pen drive. Of course I know the memory
> time
> access would be slower, but my only concern is to increase the RAM size
> seen by my embedded system.
>
> Does linux provide some mechanism to achieve this kind of configuration?
>
> Thanks in advance
> Salvo.
Sounds like you want to mount it as swap space.
mkswap /dev/myusbdrive
swapon /dev/myusbdrive
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