> the "cached" value suddenly starts getting bigger,
> as the system nearly halts while dumping stuff en masse
> to the swap partition.
>
> "cached" climbs to about 32MB of my 64MB total SDRAM,
> and then a flurry of reverse activity kicks in..
> the "cached" value drops again, as pages are read back
> in and response returns to the previously comatose system.
>
> "cached" levels off again around 2-5MB, until I start some
> new big application, whence the whole scenario repeats.
>
> VERY jerky behaviour.
I'll check it out, right after the weekend...
Rik.
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