From:	ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: EMM386 limiting memory to 32Mb
Date:	22 Jul 1998 19:14:42 GMT
Organization:	University of Lulea, Sweden
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Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) (salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar) wrote:
: ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg) wrote:
: > Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) (salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar) wrote:
: > : Abouthe ams AT ludd DOT luth DOT se (Martin Str|mberg) reply to Eli:
: > :   You are lossing the point. What Eli says is that you must have X Mb 
: > 
: > You mean missing, don't you?
: 
: I guess that's the right way to express it, but I mean a little bit 
: different thing. Anyways.

Then perhaps you mean "loosing". How negative! I can't loose: I'm right.

: > : of swap, he says that X Mb is the better choice. (or at least I
: > : interpret that ;-)
: > 
: > Uhm, I don't understand what you saying here. Can you clarify?
: 
: What Eli says is a recommendation. Isn't mandatory. Is just a minimal 
: limit. If you are under this limit the degradation of the speed will 
: be too important.

Sure it's optional, but it's wrong.

: Of course, but that doesn't invalidate what Eli says!

Well, it's just bad advice. And I'm trying to keep him informed so he
can give as good advice as possible. He usually does.

: Ok, but: what Eli says is that normally a good ratio is .... In this 
: way you don't need to go and try if that's slow or not. And that's 
: from experience using djgpp programs. Eli have years of experience 
: and can make recommendations about. That's all.

There isn't a good ratio of swap/RAM. It depends on what kind of
things you use your memory for. And (with the risk of sounding like a
broken record) more memory means you need less swap no matter what you
use your memory for.

I have years of experience too. But not with DJGPP, but with Linux. 

_Maybe_ Eli is right regarding swap space for DJGPP, but I seriously
doubt that, as I have been using DJGPP for half a year now and so far,
my impression is as I have stated.

However for the case of running in Windows, I have no clue, so here
I can possibly be wrong. But DJGPP runs in DOZE (and in a DOZE-box in
Windows) and that's is what I'm talking about.


Arvo Pärt, Kanon Pokajanen,

							MartinS

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