[mythtv-users] file to flash

[Eric Sharkey]

On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 9:08 AM, Simon Hobson <linux at thehobsons.co.uk> wrote:
> Daryl McDonald wrote:
>>Furthermore I'm hoping there is a better way to move the file than
>>dragging and dropping, because each time I've done this I end up using
>>7.8 gb's of ran and 3.4 gb's of swap until I reboot...very sluggish!
>
> Used, or just cached ?
> If you just look at the output from top (for example), then the "free" memory doesn't inlcude memory that's used for cache. By default, pretty well all systems (not just Linux) will use all available RAM for cache. This does **NOT** mean that it stops being available for other uses

That's true, however, it's unusual for copying a file to significantly
increase the utilization of swap space.  That indicates something
pathological.

Eric