On 18 Sep 2000, John L . Fjellstad wrote: > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 10:46:11AM +0400, Rino Mardo wrote: > > > /swap - 2xRAM > > I don't think the 'rule' of swap being 2xRAM is necessary anymore. > I have 256 MB RAM, and 133 MB swap, and hardly use the swap at all > (currently using about 712 KB of swap). My system can have up to > 1 GB of RAM. I hardly think with that much physical memory, that > 2 GB swap disk will be necessary. > > Even with 64MB RAM, and if you're not doing heavy development, 128 MB > swap is probably overkill. > > -- > John______________________________________________________________________ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quis custodiet ipsos custodes > icq: thales @ 17755648 > > ##### I'm subscribed to this list, no need to cc: ######
I have 64 Mb RAM and currently 49 Mb swap; this never gets more than half full (unless Netscape goes mad, which it does sometimes). Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - running Linux Debian 2.2 (Windows-free zone) Book Reviews: http://www.pentelikon.freeserve.co.uk/bookreviews/ Skeptical articles: http://www.freethinker/uklinux.net/ "Palo y tente tieso." (Spanish proverb) Free translation: "Hold fast is your only dog."
