On 5 Jun 2003 "Gary Hennigan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Ben Kal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] >> AFAIK the guide to the size of swap is the amount of RAM: make it equal to >> or twice that amount. By that standard you can cut down swap at least to >> half what you now plan to make it. I don't know if Linux would like to >> fill swap space with the iso image when a cd burner is busy but I doubt it. > [more snippage] > > AFAIK this isn't true of Linux. Some Unices required this in the past. > [snip] > > For Linux the amount of swap is like the size of /usr/local (or /opt).
New to me. > It's dependent on how you use the machine. I think it's generally true > that it's a good idea to have a bit of swap (128MB is my typical minimum), > but after that it's dependent on what you do with your machine. > [snip] Both the book 'LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell' and a German on-line course that prepares you for the LPI Level 1 exams only talk about size of RAM as a guide to the size of swap. The German course, which seems more up-to-date, even asserts that more than 128 Mb swap is no use anyway. This is just to inform you. I am not going to debate this, because my knowledge does not measure op to determine the true swap space requirements of a system. I simply follow the most authorative guideline known to me in this matter. Ben -- B.F.M. Kal Anjelierstraat 1, 2014 TC Haarlem, Netherlands tel +31 23 5324909, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
