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From: evans@ditsyda.oz (Bruce Evans)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Some questions...
Summary: No MMU
Message-ID: <1041@ditsyda.oz>
Date: 11 Jan 89 13:25:33 GMT
References: <685@hydra.cs.Helsinki.FI>
Organization: CSIRO DIT Sydney, Australia
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In article <685@hydra.cs.Helsinki.FI> viljanen@kreeta.cs.Helsinki.FI
(Lea Viljanen UNIX88) writes:
>2) What is the real meaning of (not life, but..) chmem? I know what it 

It is for computers that don't have memory management hardware. The
full amount of memory required to run a program has to be allocated
in advance (in a practical implementation), and chmem is used to limit
it.

>1) Why can't mined (nor mg for that matter...) handle large files?

Don't you get more by allocating more with chmem?

Bruce Evans
evans@ditsyda.oz.au
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Bruce Evans
evans@ditsyda.oz.au
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