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64-bit Linux doesn't recognize my RAM between 3 and 32 GB
My problems were caused by a faulty memory module and quite possibly a broken kernel binary.
I just now booted my PC with basically brand new hardware. I've been running Debian 6.0 AMD64 before, ...
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htop reporting much higher memory usage than free or top
The following three outputs were taken essentially simultaneously:
top:
top - 02:54:36 up 2 days, 13:50, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.09
Tasks: 181 total, 1 running, 179 sleeping, 0 ...
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TLB cache flusing when a page is swapped out
I recently heard that Linux simply flushes the TLB cache when the corresponding data in that physical address is swapped out, resulting in underutilization of the TLB. I don't know whether all OSes do ...
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Is using a read only root file system a good idea for embedded setup?
I have been tasked with running Linux as an operating system on an embedded device.
The target has an x86 processor and has 8 GB CompactFlash device for storage.
I have managed to use buildroot to ...
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Is it possible to run any distro from RAM from within an .iso saved on an NTFS file system?
Running entirely from RAM been done on various distros such as Slax, DamnSmallLinux, and newer Ubuntu versions, and since I have 8GB it seems reasonable that I could run many distros entirely from RAM ...
