Re: [Sheflug] /swap

["Graham Cox" <nospam [at] sheffield.ac.uk>]

I tend to make my swap partition the same size as my RAM. I can't think of a
particular reason behind this, it just seems like a good idea to me
--
Graham

An' Ye harm none,
do as Ye will.

----- Original Message -----
From: Harvey Kelly <kellyh [at] clara.co.uk>
To: ShefLUG <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz>
Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 12:28 PM
Subject: [Sheflug] /swap


> Hello everyone,
>
> Just a quick question:
>
> I know I'm going to get a number of different answers to this, but... is
> there any kind of definitive amount for /swap?  I ask as my system ground
> to a halt a couple of days ago - and I mean a halt.  Okay I was running
> Mozilla, Konqueror (x3), StarOffice, all within Enlightenment, but my
> computer couldn't do a thing for a full five or six minutes, with lots of
> lovely grinding noises from my (quick) hard drive.  I've got 128MB RAM
> (PIII450), and 320MB for /swap.
>
> Is 320MB okay?  Or non-okay?  I've kept a bit of space at the tail-end of
> the hard drive for emergencies - should I increase /swap?
>
> Thanks
>
> Harvey
>
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