On Sat, 2003-04-05 at 19:04, Netsonic wrote: > Something Ive never actually looked at with regard to Linux. > > Is it possible to just not use a swap partition at all. > > The intended machine has 768 Mb Ram. > > Would this speed Linux up ?? Or am i better keeping the swap partition. > > Stevo
By nature - linux, unix or any other variant, needs SOME swap - even a little. By normal rote, swap is to be the same as your physical RAM or double. Some distros, like RedHat, require twice the amount as per physical RAM - some don't, but do require something. I have 768mb of RAM on this box, and have set aside 1536mb for swap - and I might increase it even more because I'm using applications that require large amounts of swap (video editing/mucking around with large audio files); it's dependent on your usage of the system. -- Sat Apr 5 20:05:00 EST 2003 20:05:00 up 15 days, 7:52, 3 users, load average: 0.16, 0.21, 0.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------ | __ __ | kuhn media australia | | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=================================| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn | | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"""""""""| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |'. `\ | | | icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.-------.| | mobile: 0410-728-389 | | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | ------------------------------------------------------------------ linux user:267497 * MDK 9.1 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting machine no:194239 * RH 7.3 * Sales - Service - Support - Tutor ------------------------------------------------------------------ ** This messages was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer ** 'Just because you can explain it doesn't mean it's not still a miracle.' (Small Gods)
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