Messages in this thread | | | From | Daniel Phillips <> | Subject | Re: [2.4.17/18pre] VM and swap - it's really unusable | Date | Mon, 14 Jan 2002 10:08:19 +0100 |
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On January 14, 2002 01:46 am, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Finally, I doubt that any of this will address my biggest problem with > Linux, which is that as memory gets cheap a program doing significant disk > writing can get buffers VERY full (perhaps a while CD worth) before the > kernel decides to do the write, at which point the system becomes > non-responsive for seconds at a time while the disk light comes on and > stays on. That's another problem, and I did play with some patches this > weekend without making myself really happy :-( Another topic, > unfortunately.
Patience, this is understood, a solution is known and a fix is in the pipeline.
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