Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Greg Hennessy) | | Subject | Re: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ?? | | Date | 6 Jun 2001 13:05:27 -0400 |
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In article <200106061612.f56GCbA14901@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca>, Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> wrote: > > Swap is "extra space to be used if we have it" and nothing else. > > Sure. But Linux still works without swap. It's just that if you *do* > have swap, it works best with 2* RAM.
There is a large difference between saying Linux works best with 2*RAM, and Linux requires 2*RAM.
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