Re: PROBLEM: ramfs causes system hang when swapping

2001-02-26 Thread Nicolas Pitre
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

Re: PROBLEM: ramfs causes system hang when swapping

2001-02-26 Thread Alan Cox
> I have a ramfs mounted as /tmp. When I create a large file: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/xxx bs=1024K count=200 > > (with 128M RAM), the complete system comes to a halt. Hitting keys does not do RAMfs doesnt use swap. It also in 2.4.2 doesnt have limits. The -ac one uses limits so wil

PROBLEM: ramfs causes system hang when swapping

2001-02-26 Thread Norbert Nemec
Hi, seems like ramfs lets the system hang when swapping is involved. I have a ramfs mounted as /tmp. When I create a large file: dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/xxx bs=1024K count=200 (with 128M RAM), the complete system comes to a halt. Hitting keys does not do anything anymore, console swit