[mythtv-users] Somewhat OT: Compact Flash drive in an Xbox FE. Isthere any increase in speed?

David Whyte david.whyte at gmail.com
Wed Apr 5 21:21:12 UTC 2006


On 4/6/06, Wander Winkelhorst <w.winkelhorst at gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't know if this helps, but you guys might want to try to play
> with the /proc/sys/vm/swappiness file. This file controls what Linux'
> VM favours, either cache (swap out programs for increased cache) or
> programs (reduce cache instead of swapping programs out to disc)
> so echo a value to this file like this:
>
> echo 0 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
> or
> echo 100 > /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
>
> and see if it changes the performance of your Xbox.
>

Can you cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness first to view the original value? 
That way I can return to default if I make it worse :P


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