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> -----Original Message----- > > From: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org > > [mailto:linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org]On Behalf Of Alan Cox > > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2001 3:16 PM > > To: Stephan von Krawczynski > > Cc: Bob McElrath; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > > Subject: Re: "Cached" grows and grows and grows... > > > > > > > To tell you the honest truth: you are not alone in cosmos (with > > this problem) > > > ;-) > > > To give you that explicit hint for saving money: do not buy > > mem, it will be > > > eaten up by recent kernels without any performance gain or > > other positive > > > impact whatsoever. > > > > Pick up a 2.4.9-ac kernel, and you shouldnt be seeing the problem (I say > > shouldnt, I'm not 100% convinced its all under control) > > > > > Try using 2.4.4, if it doesn't succeed, forget 2.4 and use > > 2.2.19. That works. > > > Unfortunately you may have to completely reinstall your system > > when going back > > > to 2.2. > > > > That should not be needed at all.
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