Re: [Sheflug] /swap

[Harvey Kelly <nospam [at] clara.co.uk>]

On Sun, 13 May 2001, Graham Cox wrote:

> 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

Yes, I think I may have to do something similar.

Thanks

Harvey

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> ----- 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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