Re: Not using Swap?

2002-09-03 Thread Timothy Writer
P <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Friday 30 August 2002 07:42 pm, Timothy Writer wrote: > > Matt Fahrner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Does anyone know why a Linux box that is low on memory would choose to > > > not use swap? We have a couple of

Re: Not using Swap?

2002-08-31 Thread Timothy Writer
Matt Fahrner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know why a Linux box that is low on memory would choose to not > use swap? We have a couple of RedHat linux boxes that seem to choose to run > out of memory before they'll use swap. They aren't even using the same kernel. > > > As an exampl

ONBOOT=no ignored for aliases

2002-08-12 Thread Timothy Writer
The RedHat initscripts bring up alias interfaces when the parent device is brought up, regardless of the setting of ONBOOT for the aliases. For example, suppose I have this setup: # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=static ONBOOT=yes IPADDR=1