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Topic: DSL allocating too much for ramdisk

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huyvo

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Posted: Sep. 05 2004,02:50

DLS comes up and allocates 160 MB for /ramdisk, only 16% of which
is used. Is there anyway to tell DSL to ask for less room for /ramdisk.
Thank you
Huy

cbagger01

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Posted: Sep. 05 2004,04:11

As far as I know, the linux kernel in DSL will dynamically swap out ramdisk for free ram. So as long as you don't fill up your ramdisk with a bunch of large files, you should still have the ram available for program and OS use.

Of course I don't know alot about this subject so this is my best guess as to how things work. I could be totally talking out of my rear end on this one.

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