Mario Michael da Costa wrote:
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
On Thursday 24 January 2002 08:39 am, Paul Kraus wrote:
Ok now this is confusing.
4.1.3.1. The most simple
Is where you have just two partitions: one for the swap space, the other
for the files1.
Tip: The rule of thumb for the swap partition size is to choose double
of the size of your RAM
On Thursday 24 January 2002 11:18 am, Paul Kraus wrote:
That's the confusion. I am running 196 megs on my laptop so I should
double this. But on my home system I am running 512mb so should I
then make a 1gig swap? If not why?
Just because ;-)
Seriously, the old rule of thumb was
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From: FLYNN, Steve [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 9:03 AM
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Subject: RE: [newbie] Swap Partititon
If you have 128 meg, create a swap partion or file of 512 meg.
How much memory is installed in you Linux box
If you have 128 meg, create a swap partion or file of 512 meg.
How much memory is installed in you Linux box?
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Paul Kraus wrote:
Says to double your ram to create your swap file then it contradicts
itself. Can someone explain exactly how this should be done and maybe
some theory behind it? I don't just like knowing how I like to now why.
Thanks.
Paul,
I am *not* an expert, but this is my
: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:19 PM
To: 'FLYNN, Steve'; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Swap Partititon
That's the confusion. I am running 196 megs on my laptop so I should
double this. But on my home system I am running 512mb so should I then
make a 1gig swap? If not why
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
