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From: manes@vger.nsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Virtual Disk (Was Re: Files larger than available memory.)
Message-ID: <42.2712f4e3@vger.nsu.edu>
Date: 10 Oct 90 14:16:03 GMT
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One thing has occurred to me about virtual memory for the amiga.

Considering the fact that the Amiga operating system does not handle
file corruption very well, what would happen if during a swap a power
fail occurred?  Or the machine was turned off?
 
It appears to me that the swap device MUST use RAM, and if RAM is used 
would the requirement to have RAM to do Virtual Memory be a bit self 
defeating?

I guess what I am asking is -- By using a swap device to a hard disk, 
wont we aggrevate the the problems with corrupted files?
 
Doesn't this also bring up the question about a 'shutdown' command
again?
 
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manes@vger.nsu.edu