If you like the GUI, you can use the Mandrake Control
Center to assign the mount point or create the new
swap partition. When you finish the MCC will ask you
if you whant to whrite the changes to the fstab file.
And allso if you have created one swap partition and
if you now the adecuated code to insert into the fstab
file... go ahead. But if not, i recommend you the
GUI way.
Cdrack.
--- Alexandre Aractingi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Thanks for your explanations!
> I'll create a new partition for swap use. Can I then
> run diskdrake to
> tell my OS to use it, or do I have to manually enter
> it in /etc/fstab?
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> Le ven 12/12/2003 à 15:45, cdrack a écrit :
> > as you should now, the swap partition acts like an
> > extra ram storage... When you run applications,
> they
> > alocates them code into the ram memori, but if you
> > have varius applications running at the same time.
> > (usualy... like network handler, video
> > handler,database servers, and so) Each one of
> them
> > will claim some memory space to work on. and if
> you
> > don't have enough to bring them, the system will
> slow
> > down and maybe hang.
> >
> > Because not all the programs work at the same
> time,
> > there are memory alocated that is not nesesary to
> keep
> > with the actual information and may be used by
> active
> > applications, so here becomes important the swap
> > space. At this point the SO takes the memory from
> the
> > inactive applications and places it's information
> on
> > the swap partition, feeing memory to use by active
> > applications. When the unactive applications
> become
> > active then the SO find's the new inactive
> aplications
> > and does the hole thing again.
> >
> > The SO can use a non swap partition for this job,
> but
> > the performance will not be the same, because the
> swap
> > partition have's a diferent file sistem and method
> to
> > access to the information.
> >
> > So if you are able to reinstall or install a extra
> > disk to use it for swap job... go on.
> >
> > Cdrack.
> >
> >
> > --- Alexandre Aractingi
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > As I installed mdk 9.2 on a brand new desktop, I
> > > totally forgot to make
> > > a swap partition. The installer didn't complain
> and
> > > everything looks
> > > fine now, but I'm still wondering if it might be
> an
> > > annoyance for later?
> > > (The machine has 512 Mo of RAM)
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alexandre Aractingi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >
> > >
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