Where is the memory

[Chuck Swiger]

scuba at centroin.com.br wrote:
> On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Chuck Swiger wrote:
[ ... ]
> 	It seems that this is the case. I wrote a small program to
> allocate a large block of memory (more them that shown as free) and the
> system doesn´t swap.

Nor should it.  Simply allocating memory doesn't actually use it, you'd have to 
  write something to each page...

> 	That is the memory top shows as "Inactive"?

Hmm.  It's not clear what memory you're talking about here, although the FAQ 
provides an explanation that might clarify matters.

-- 
-Chuck