At 11/9/2001 12:05 PM +0000, you wrote: >I've just started an upgrade from Rh7.1 to RH 7.2, and I've been asked to >create a swap *file* because the new 2.4 kernels need more memory. > >This has surprised me somewhat as I didn't know that Linux used swap files, >only swap partitions.
It can use both. >Is this normal, and is it okay? Yes. >Any why isn't it happy with the 32M swap partitoin on /dev/hda5 and the 64MB >partition on /dev/hdb5? > >BTW, I'm running 128MB RAM. 2.4 kernels swap out essentially your entire contents of RAM in order to accelerate suspends and other operations (and for whatever else), plus they need actual swap. So, the requirement is 2x RAM; for you, 256MB swap. -- Rodolfo J. Paiz [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
