Robert Waldner wrote: > (swap is on hda3 and equals the size of my > physical RAM (128 MB), I remember something about swap shouldn´t be > more than physical RAM or the like, somebody could fill in hard facts > on that?) > That's complete and utter bullshit, superstitious oral tradition.
You actually need swap the most if you have *little* RAM, so it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out the contradiction with the above. Really just depends on how much stuff you're going to run. It could be that 128MB is sufficient.