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SubjectRe: Static Swap
In article <Pine.LNX.3.96.990413175624.15190A-100000@z.ml.org> you write:

>Heheh...

>I'm not quite sure why you would want to do this with ram and hdd
>prices today, on a normal system you should plan on having 2x more swap
>then you will ever need so if you are actually getting close to running
>out then you have bigger problems.

Think `laptop'.

Or think `older machine with special memory', like an amiga with a GVP G-Force
accelerator. Those still take pricey memory.

I can understand developpers not wanting to go out of their way to cater
for those machines, but... just to put things into perspective.


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