Re: Memory usage

Subject: Re: Memory usage
From: jmlaveda (jmlaveda@mail.xarxaneta.org)
Date: Mon Aug 06 2001 - 01:14:56 MDT

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Hello!:

If you run "free" command you'll see all memory "used" ;)), but maybe you're a bit confussed, really it's reserved for buffers and other things..., swap is only used when necessary.

But don't worry about it, Linux is managing your memory better than other OS :)).

Regards.

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Robert Brandtjen <rob@prometheusmedia.com>
Reply-To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
Date: Sun, 05 Aug 2001 12:35:44 -0500

>Is it normal for YDL to use nearly all of the physical memory ( all but 8
>megs) and never the swap? I have the swap partition on a separate device
>then root.
>
> Robert Brandtjen
> --------------------------------------
> Web Site Creation and Hosting Services
> Hostmaster@prometheusmedia.com
> www.prometheusmedia.com
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