> > I agree with Richard on the swap file size. Over the years I have
> > watched my own swap file usage and it has been quite low, most of the
> > time it's less than 32 mb used at any given time. Typically, I have a
> > swap file of 128mb/256mb, and that has servered my needs quite well.
> >
> > I suggest you monitor your swap file usage using are program like top,
> > or using cat to display /proc/meminfo from time to time determine
> > exactly how much swap you are using. There's nothing like creating
> > 1.5GB of swap just for it to sit unused.

I make my swap 500MB, and have 256 MB of RAM. Even when I'm compiling
several things at once in Gentoo, I have never gotten too close to
full. I doubt I've even gotten to 75% full on swap.

Michael

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