_MelloN_

>
> Not really.  You can get a lot done without ever swapping...  People
> have had trouble building kernels with less than 16 meg of real
>

Granted, my Linux68K box goes a long wy in 20Meg without swapping, but run X11
and a single GnuChess, and all goes down the tubes...

How is memory out handled? Does the system just role up and die? Or does the
application requireing the mem just punt.

cheers,
scott.