RE: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-05 Thread lists
> I highly recommend running "memtest86" (from a boot floppy or CD) in the > highest mode to make sure you "exercise" your new RAM. It will write and > read with various data patterns that (hopefully) shows up any issues > with contamination between adjacent memory bits. ( See > http://www.memtest8

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-04 Thread doug
-Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Gray > > Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2004 12:26 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ? > > > > On Wed

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-04 Thread Jobst Schmalenbach
On Tue, Feb 03, 2004 at 11:30:57PM +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I have RH73 on P3 with 256MB and 512MB swapper, single IDE 20GB > > If i was to increase the RAM, to, say 512MB or 1GB: > > can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? Sure. I dont think that any of my machine

RE: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread Visser, Martin
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Gray > Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2004 12:26 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ? > > On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:10 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread Ken Foskey
On Wed, 2004-02-04 at 00:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? > > > > swap is used when program memory exceeds the physical memory. It them > > moves some out to disk, this may never happen in your new setup. > > > Ken, > > so I can ignore RH docs that te

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread slug
James Gray wrote: On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:10 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? swap is used when program memory exceeds the physical memory. It them moves some out to disk, this may never happen in your new setup. Ken, so I can ignore RH doc

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread James Gray
On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 12:10 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? > > > > swap is used when program memory exceeds the physical memory. It them > > moves some out to disk, this may never happen in your new setup. > > Ken, > > so I can ignore RH docs that tell me

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread lists
>> can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? > > swap is used when program memory exceeds the physical memory. It them > moves some out to disk, this may never happen in your new setup. Ken, so I can ignore RH docs that tell me ' swap part should be equal to twice RAM', good. as far as physic

Re: [SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread Ken Foskey
On Tue, 2004-02-03 at 23:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have RH73 on P3 with 256MB and 512MB swapper, single IDE 20GB > > If i was to increase the RAM, to, say 512MB or 1GB: > > can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? swap is used when program memory exceeds the physical memory. It them mov

[SLUG] upgrading RAM, what do about swapper partition ?

2004-02-03 Thread voytek
I have RH73 on P3 with 256MB and 512MB swapper, single IDE 20GB If i was to increase the RAM, to, say 512MB or 1GB: can I leave the swapper 'asis' at 512MB ? 11:25pm up 60 days, 9:45, 5 users, load average: 0.01, 0.02, 0.00 115 processes: 114 sleeping, 1 running, 0 zombie, 0 stopped CPU sta