Hmm...you might also want to start making a swapfile and see
if you use it. (they're easy and convenient, and if you never [rarely]
swap, there's no performance hit).
Running 16 Mbytes with X and software development will cause swap, figure
about 16 Mbytes
of swap.
If you have space on your s
> My simple formula
> swap needed = total memory need - physical memory size
> works much better than the "twice physical memory" one.
Questionable. Aside from not being computable (everyone can easily
tell what their physical memory size is, but few people know how much
their "to
Gerry Jensen:
> While it may be untrue that you *need* twice the physical memory size, I
> believe it's true that twice the physical memory size is about the limit
> of what you can effectively use if you need it.
It depends on what you do.
Operating system theory has a concept called "working se
Hi all,
I might not be a UNIX (Linux) guru yet (if ever), but I do know a thing or
two about OS handling.
As someone (sorry I dumped the mail so I can't use your name) pointed out
correctly:
Swap partition=Total memory requirements - Available memory
Now if anyone can tell me the correct val
> > I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
> > still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap partition.
>
> The terse form of the formula is:
>
> swap needed = total memory need - physical memory size
>
> (Forget everything about "twice physical
In reply to Lars Wirzenius's message:
> A R Abid:
> > I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
> > still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap partition.
>
> The terse form of the formula is:
>
> swap needed = total memory need - physical memory size
>
Hi --
You said:
> Currently, I have a DOS partition that takes up 25% of the
> total disk space and the rest is empty. My concern was if I would lose
> any data on the DOS partition if I create two Linux partitions using
> Linux fdisk on the empty disk space.
I suppose the installation notes are
Boris Beletsky:
> YES! u always need a swap - no metter how much ram u have.
> I would say, create a 32swap part. - that would be the best.
If you never use more than 16 MB of memory, and you have 512 MB
of physical memory, you most definitely do not need swap.
swap needed = total memory
On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, A R Abid wrote:
[SNIP]
> My question is if it is a POSSIBILITY or a CERTAINTY to lose your
> existing DOS partition if you don't mess up w/ it and only make Linux
> partitions on the empty diskspace. Thanks.
It is a possibility. I've done it a dozen times without losing the
A R Abid:
> I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
> still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap partition.
The terse form of the formula is:
swap needed = total memory need - physical memory size
(Forget everything about "twice physical siz
A R Abid ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
: still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap partition.
If you want to run X and some apps I highly recommend
that you use some swap space (at least 32MB). How much you really need
de
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On Wed, 18 Sep 1996, A R Abid wrote:
aa2g+>I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
aa2g+>still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap partition.
YES! u always need a swap - no metter how much ram u have.
I would say, create a
or a CERTAINTY to lose your
existing DOS partition if you don't mess up w/ it and only make Linux
partitions on the empty diskspace. Thanks.
A. R. ABID
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Excerpts from mail: 18-Sep-96 RE: Swap partition and fdisk by Rik
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> 'it's the only way t
Hi --
You asked:
> I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
> still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap partition.
If you will be using memory-hungry applications (like X or httpd), then
you'll definitely need some swap space. A few tens of MBytes would be
a
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From: A R Abid[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 1996 3:45 AM
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject:Swap partition and fdisk
I have got 16MB of RAM on my machine. Could someone tell me if it would
still be necessary for me to create a Linux swap
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