On 7/21/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote: > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 10:52 -0500, Larry Vaden wrote: > > On 7/21/06, William L. Maltby <BillsCentOS at triad.rr.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-07-21 at 10:05 -0500, Larry Vaden wrote: > > > > <snip> > > > > To answer your question: because it is there! ;-) And it can! > > > > > > Seriously, a recent thread involving this is in the archives. Short ans: > > > "swappiness" parameter can be used to reduce it and there is a "bug" > > > that disappears with U4 (IIRC). Also, some config settings can reduce > > > it. > > > > > > Now we have two threads on it. >:-) > > > > <humor> > > So, how many threads before it can go in the faq? > > </humor> > > Got me! I'm just a TDU (Typical Dumb User)! > > > > > Seriously, did I miss it or is Centos at centos.org not covered by Google groups? > > I recall someone posted a way *other* than what I do to find it, but I > can't remember it (and never wanted to become a Google expert either). > > *BUT* what I use is the "site:centos" as a parameter (for me, usually in > advanced search, but I guess it works normally too). > > Someday I'll need to look that up. But I'm afraid of the number of hits > I'll get, even within the list, on "Google"! =>:-O > > > > > If not covered by Google groups, why (or more positively, can we change that)? > > IUC, that would be the ref I mentioned that I can't remember? *sigh* > > They say your memory's the 2nd thing to go! I can't seem to recollect the exact order, but please excuse me if I am foreshadowing too much :) Is triad Research Triangle Park? rgds/ldv