Disabling Virtual Memory in Mac OSX v10.6
Now I'm going to preemptively say, I know exactly what I'm doing and yes, I do want to completely disable Mac OSX's virtual memory/swap files.
I'm going to be more or less switch from a hard drive to solid-state drive. Solid state drives can only handle so many writes to the disk before wearing out, which is why its important to disable the virtual memory. I have 4 gb of RAM, so with a little care on my part disabling the virtual memory won't cause any problems. I've been googling around, but most of the ways I see suggested are for v10.3 or v10.4. They all involved editing "rc.config" in the /etc folder. The only other one I've seen involve's manually rewriting part of the "dynamic_pager" process itself (the process that manages OSX's virtual memory).
I'm really hoping there's an easier way to do it, that I'm just missing. Does anyone know how to disable the virtual memory in Mac OSX?
I'm going to be more or less switch from a hard drive to solid-state drive. Solid state drives can only handle so many writes to the disk before wearing out, which is why its important to disable the virtual memory. I have 4 gb of RAM, so with a little care on my part disabling the virtual memory won't cause any problems. I've been googling around, but most of the ways I see suggested are for v10.3 or v10.4. They all involved editing "rc.config" in the /etc folder. The only other one I've seen involve's manually rewriting part of the "dynamic_pager" process itself (the process that manages OSX's virtual memory).
I'm really hoping there's an easier way to do it, that I'm just missing. Does anyone know how to disable the virtual memory in Mac OSX?
Macbook Pro 13 inch, Mac OS X (10.6.5), 4 gb of RAM
