H C Lai wrote:
>
> Thanks for all the replies so far. The impression I get is that
> Linux does support the 'over-commitment' mode. Kernel 2.0.0 definitely
> does not support this. I have a ~10 lines of small fortran test
> programme which basically creates a HUGE array in a common block and
> the
>>From: H C Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Is there a way to make Linux run programme which requires more virtual
>> memory than the system can provide through real memory and swap ??
Some one said :
>Linux always runs in over commited mode. Pages are only used if a
>program is writing to it. And yes
Hi,
Bruce:
> No, but if you add some swap space you can test if that's the problem.
> If you can find an empty partition, you can set it up with "mkswap" and
> "swapon" to be a second swap partition. If that works, you can add it to
> /etc/fstab so that it's started automaticaly.
for testing or t
Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> Linux always runs in over commited mode. Pages are only used if a program is
> writing to it. And yes, this may crash the System if is trashing cause of
> fullswap.
From: Ami Ganguli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> This might explain some strange problems I've been having. Is there
Hello,
> This might explain some strange problems I've been having. Is there a
> way to to turn this off?
No. You can only add some swap to your system if you reach the mimit. AFAIK
there is somewhere a small 'daemon' which adds swap if needed. Of course the
swap needs to be reserved, first. You
From: H C Lai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Is there a way to make Linux run programme which requires more virtual
> memory than the system can provide through real memory and swap ??
I wasn't aware that Linux _needed_ this facility. The OS has a choice
of mapping your pages when you ask for them, or mapp
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