Re: [[newbie] swap partition needed with 128 meg ?]
"Sven Vermeulen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello, Is it necessary / useful to use a swap partition with 128 meg RAM and a PIII 667MHz to run Linux mandrake 7.0? I didn't found information in the installation guide or howtos. If so, how big should this swap partition be128 meg? bye, Sven. Even w/128M (which is not a huge amount nowadays) you should still create a swap partition. You don't sya how you use your computer or what kinds of programs you will typically try to run, but I would think 128M swap would be a good idea, even if little of it is typically used. Mike "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." -Benjamin Frankilin Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
Re: [newbie] swap partition needed with 128 meg ?
Sven Vermeulen wrote: hello, Is it necessary / useful to use a swap partition with 128 meg RAM and a PIII 667MHz to run Linux mandrake 7.0? I didn't found information in the installation guide or howtos. If so, how big should this swap partition be128 meg? bye, Sven. I have 128 too, and I have a 256 meg swap partition. With disk space as cheap as it is now adays, what's 256 meg? You'd probably be fine with a 128 meg swap, but the way I see it is if you want it in the future it's more difficult to repartition ;-) (I don't know that I've ever used even 128 of it yet, but it doesn't hurt to have surplus)
[newbie] swap partition needed with 128 meg ?
hello, Is it necessary / useful to use a swap partition with 128 meg RAM and a PIII 667MHz to run Linux mandrake 7.0? I didn't found information in the installation guide or howtos. If so, how big should this swap partition be128 meg? bye, Sven.
Re: [newbie] swap partition needed with 128 meg ?
It is recommended to create a swap partition of a size that's about twice the amount of physical ram in your system. Therefore, if you have 128 meg of ram, make the swap file 250 meg. That is what is recommended. As for why Linux needs a swap file with 128 meg of ram? I'm asking the same question. LOL Spektyr Sven Vermeulen wrote: hello,Is it necessary / useful to use a swap partition with 128 meg RAM and a PIII 667MHz to run Linux mandrake 7.0? I didn't found information in the installation guide or howtos.If so, how big should this swap partition be128 meg?bye,Sven.
Re: [newbie] swap partition needed with 128 meg ?
William S. Laskorski said: It is recommended to create a swap partition of a size that's about twice the amount of physical ram in your system. Therefore, if you have 128 meg of ram, make the swap file 250 meg. That is what is recommended. I read a pretty good article to the effect that that "rule" was set back when people had less than 64M of RAM. I don't think it's valid any more. More to the point is the kind of work you're going to be doing. Major graphics, for example, takes lots of swap. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
