On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 14:13 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > I've recently doubled the memory in two of my systems. Each one > previously had a swap partition configured that was, in accordance with > a "rule of thumb" whose origins I've forgotten, exactly two times the > size of the physical memory in the system. > > Resizing the data partitions on these systems to make room for a larger > swap space would present only a minor inconvenience, but is it even > worth that effort? If there's no reason to prefer a 4GB swap partition > over a 2GB partition for a system with 2GB of physical memory, then I'd > just as soon leave things as they are. > > Thoughts?
If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later." Ed Harris, Texas state legislator (D) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
