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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: A good idea for swapping ??
Message-ID: <1989@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 31 Jan 89 14:22:37 GMT
References: <7118@louie.udel.EDU> <822@faui10.informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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In article <822@faui10.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> rtregn@immd3.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Robert Regn) writes:
>Using a 1 MB ram disk makes no sense.

Not true.  I keep /bin and /lib there.  Also /tmp.  Virtually all programs,
compiler passes, temporary files, pipes, etc. use the RAM disk.  This makes
things nice and speedy.

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)