>>From: H C Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Is there a way to make Linux run programme which requires more virtual >> memory than the system can provide through real memory and swap ??
Some one said : >Linux always runs in over commited mode. Pages are only used if a >program is writing to it. And yes, this may crash the System if is >trashing cause of fullswap. Thanks for all the replies so far. The impression I get is that Linux does support the 'over-commitment' mode. Kernel 2.0.0 definitely does not support this. I have a ~10 lines of small fortran test programme which basically creates a HUGE array in a common block and then tries to use a small part of it. It failed with segmentation fault on elf. But succeeds by just putting in more swap !! I'll go back and try again. Cheers Hong Cheng -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
