Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 16 Apr 1999 18:38:25 -0400 (EDT) | From | Alec Smith <> | Subject | Re: Swap size proportion |
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Usual figure is 2x RAM -- so 256MB. HOWEVER, kernel 2.0.x and the old fdisk/swapon/swapoff/etc utils only handle 128MB per swap partition. To use more get kernel 2.2.x and the latest utilities.
On Fri, 16 Apr 1999, Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> On 16 Apr, none spewed forth: > :: > :: HI * , > :: > :: What are the proportion of swap size for RAM size ? > :: ex. I have 128 mb RAM, what are the best size of my partiiion/file swap ? > :: > :: Tanks > :: > > This would be a better question for a newsgroup, but in answer... > Whatever you need. Depends on your machine, your applications, etc. > Try searching dejanews or Usenet for more info. > > -- > Matthew Vanecek > Course of Study: http://www.unt.edu/bcis > Visit my Website at http://people.unt.edu/~mev0003 > For answers type: perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);' > ***************************************************************** > For 93 million miles, there is nothing between the sun and my shadow > except me. I'm always getting in the way of something... > > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >
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