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minus-squareCosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36arrow-down1·3 months agoSounds like the way around this is to make swap space take up the drive up to 24 GB. Then trim the swap space as you need it. I know it says “to enable” but let’s be real here. It’s going to be a placebo switch.
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down7·edit-23 months agoI’m pretty sure Windows doesn’t have fixed-size swap. It uses pagefiles. Edit: apparently pagefiles can be given a static size as well.
minus-squareiamjackflack@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoThis can be specified manually to be static
minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down4·3 months agoOh, neat! I had no idea. Still, the term “swap” would be incorrect.
minus-squareChanSecodina@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoA “swap” file is for holding pages of memory that have been swapped from RAM to disk.
Sounds like the way around this is to make swap space take up the drive up to 24 GB. Then trim the swap space as you need it.
I know it says “to enable” but let’s be real here. It’s going to be a placebo switch.
I’m pretty sure Windows doesn’t have fixed-size swap. It uses pagefiles.
Edit: apparently pagefiles can be given a static size as well.
This can be specified manually to be static
Oh, neat! I had no idea. Still, the term “swap” would be incorrect.
A “swap” file is for holding pages of memory that have been swapped from RAM to disk.