>
> My personal recommendation for the swap file size is about
> 300 MB - Amount of physical memory installed
>
> Most people won't ever need more than 300 MB virtual memory, and if you
> do, you can still create temporary swap files.
>
just curious...couldn't the swap file be a lot smaller si
On Tue, 13 Jul 1999, Richard Salts wrote:
> What would be the best or average size of these partitions?
I tend to believe for a home use system, it's best to have just a /
partition and a swap partition (because that
way, you won't have to do stuff like "Argh... No space left on /usr... mv
/usr/s
Civileme wrote:
> The mileage of others may vary. The trick is to remember that your initial
> partitioning cannot be changed without a full backup/clean wipe. On the other
Sure it can--just use partition magic (and, of course, re-run lilo).
--
Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Med
Woo Hoo
A 10 G HDD for LM all its own? And this is a STANDALONE?
OK try 127M for Swap, 42M for /boot 2G for /usr 3G for / (since you have
/pub, /opt, and /var folded into it), and give the balance to /home. If ever
you run a server, you have plenty of space in /home for web sites and ftp
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