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Old 09-16-2005, 03:06 PM   #1
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Increasing the amount of cached memory


Hello,
How can I increase/force the amount of "cached" memory as given by the "free" command?
Thanks in advance,
Julien.
 
Old 09-16-2005, 04:06 PM   #2
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You can't. The kernel knows pretty well what it's doing
in terms of memory management, anyway. What are you
trying to achieve?


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