Re: swapping

From: Ron Thomas <RThomas_at_hypercom.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 10:18:40 -0700
Message-ID: <OF73DBD179.672C9C67-ON07256F82.005F053B-07256F82.005EDC04@hypercom.com>

Please guys. It hurts! ROTFL!
Thanks,
Ron.

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On Thu, 06 Jan 2005 13:44:45 -0500, Mladen Gogala <mgogala_at_allegientsystems.com> wrote:
>
> The best command to empty swap is "init 6", ran as root. It will reboot
> your system. Other then
>

Mladen is <gasp> incorrect.

Init 6 is childs play.

To truly minimize swap, modify your inittab to set the default runlevel to 6:

id:6:initdefault:

Guaranteed to prevent Oracle ( or anything else ) from hogging your system.

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