swap space??

[Chris Ruprecht]

I'm running 1 GB of swap with my PowerBook with no problems, using YDL 2.=
3.

I don't see any reason why you can't allocate that amount of disk space a=
s=20
swap.

On Monday 19 August 2002 09:54, Michael George wrote:
> On Monday, August 19, 2002, at 09:40  AM, Paul J. Lucas wrote:
> > On Mon, 19 Aug 2002, Michael George wrote:
> >> I thought the 256Mb limit was eliminated in the 2.4 kernels.
> >
> > =09It was.
>
> So I can allocate as much as I wish, correct?
>
> >> We have an Xserve w/ 0.5Gb RAM, so I'd like to allocate 1-2Gb swap f=
or
> >> it.
> >
> > =09Why?  You don't need that much swap.  If you do, it really means
> > =09you need more RAM.
>

Well, not really. If you machine is constantly swapping, then this might =
be=20
true. But if you have one big job every now and then, which needs a littl=
e=20
more memory than the machine has, use swap space and don't worry about=20
things. I still like to allocate about twice the amount of physical RAM t=
o=20
swap space on every UNIX/Linux installation I do - sometimes, when we hav=
e=20
machines with 32 GB of RAM, it's kinda difficult, though, the primary dis=
k=20
drives are only 18 GB ;).

> Why not?  I have 120Gb disk and 1Gb isn't going to be noticed.  I have
> the HDD space and I don't want to ever run short.

Best regards,
Chris