Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-06 Thread Gordon Messmer
On 07/03/2009 05:46 AM, MontyRee wrote: But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be happen? that makes the system unstable or not? That depends on what you're running. As people point out, you can usually get along without one, but doing so is a bad idea in some

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-04 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Fri, Jul 3, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Keith Keller kkel...@speakeasy.net wrote: On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 02:18:57PM -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: If you do run without page space, you should configure the kernel overcommit options. Is there a good, consistent, complete source of documentation for

[CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread MontyRee
Hello, all. I know the function of the swap and can make swap partion or file. But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be happen? that makes the system unstable or not? I have one system that has no swap, but there was no problem until now. Thanks in advance.

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread Rudi Ahlers
2009/7/3 MontyRee chulm...@hotmail.com Hello, all. I know the function of the swap and can make swap partion or file. But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be happen? that makes the system unstable or not? I have one system that has no swap, but there was no problem

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread Robert Heller
At Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:46:34 + CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hello, all. I know the function of the swap and can make swap partion or file. But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be happen? that makes the system unstable or not?

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread Geoff Galitz
A swap partition is not essential to system operation so long as you have enough RAM. Most modern systems have more then enough RAM and can probably live without a swap partition . True, but to answer the original question: If a system without a swap device needs to swap (and cannot) it

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread fred smith
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:37:17AM -0400, Robert Heller wrote: At Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:46:34 + CentOS mailing list centos@centos.org wrote: Hello, all. I know the function of the swap and can make swap partion or file. But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread Kwan Lowe
2009/7/3 MontyRee chulm...@hotmail.com Hello, all. I know the function of the swap and can make swap partion or file. But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be happen? that makes the system unstable or not? I have one system that has no swap, but there was no problem

Re: [CentOS] what would be happen if swap partition is not?

2009-07-03 Thread Keith Keller
On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 02:18:57PM -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote: If you do run without page space, you should configure the kernel overcommit options. Is there a good, consistent, complete source of documentation for these options? They have changed a bunch in the 2.6 kernels, and I suspect the