"FLYNN, Steve" wrote: > If I were you, you 512 meg box would get 256 meg of swap - if you need more > than that then I'd suggest you invest in more RAM rather than more swap > space - if you have to swap more than 256 meg on a 512 meg machine, you need > more RAM! I don't really know how true, what i am about to type below sounds, it is what was told to me by a more tech savvy friend.
The swap partition must be at least as big as the amount of physical ram in a machine. This is because in some cases the entire contents of the ram may be swapped back and forth between the ram and the swap partition. I know it sounds a little farfetched, but at least this is what i follow, coz to be honest, i don't know any better. > > Why don't you try it with 256. If you need more, repartition and increase > the swap partition in size. I use partition magic personally, but there are > undoubtedly open source products which will do the same thing. gnuparted is a name that pops to my mind, don't know what exactly it can or can't do though. Thank You, Regards, mario
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