[Malvern] Memory Reliability

[Keith Edmunds]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:02:47 +0100, mwild1 at gmail.com said:

> Also note that Linux uses seperate partitions for
> swap, instead of re-using the *file* system that is for, er.. files...

Usually, yes, but it can use files. It can be very useful for a system
that is running low on virtual memory and there are no spare partitions -
just create a swap file and add it to the total swap space. Buys some time
to sort out the real problem (ie, why the system was running low on VM
in the first place).

Keith

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Keith Edmunds

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