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> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 23:55
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> Subject: [newbie] Memory use
>
>
> 在 2001 七月 1 星期日 23:01，civileme 寫道:
> > linux makes an effort to keep almost all memory in use all the time
> > (figuring unused memory is wasted memory), so it often finds memory
> > errors right away that windows would totally miss.
> > Civileme
>
> Oh!
> You just replied a question I didn't ask!
> :-)
>
> I just bought a new box and insisted on having 256Mb RAM (against
> the advice
> of a friend who said 128Mb would be enough).
> After installing LM8.0, I noticed that most of the 256Mb were used,
> confirming that I made the right choice, but I also wondered why
> Linux would
> precisely use the amount of RAM I had.
>
> I was thinking to wait that memory comes cheaper to add two 512Mb bars to
> have a total of 1300Mb RAM. Would that make the system faster,
> or would that
> only be a waste of money?
> (running on a AMD Duron 750Mhz, that I may upgrade to K7 1.4Mhz
> sometime next
> year)
> I only run typical desktop single user applications (mail, internet...).
>
>
>
> Anguo
>
> P.S. : Even though this list is very busy, I do my best to read all the
> messages. I learn a lot this way.
> Thanks to everyone who ask questions (which are never stupid) and
> thanks to
> all those who take the time to reply...
>
Correct me if I am wrong, whoever is listening, but this is my theory:
The kernl's memory map will configure the memory paging tables to
utilize the Ram first, and then page to /swap when it needs
extended frame storage.
Therefore I think the simple answer is that the whatever RAM is available
to the kernl, it will use, as it is that much less memory that is reqired
from /swap.
- tiny
