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Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2001 16:44:11 -0500 (EST)
From: Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: PROBLEM: ramfs causes system hang when swapping
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On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Alan Cox wrote:

> RAMfs doesnt use swap. It also in 2.4.2 doesnt have limits. The -ac one uses
> limits so will stop you totally running the box out of ram. 2.4ac also has
> the true tmpfs with swap backing

Which one of those should be the best to use when there is no swap?


Nicolas

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