Re: SWAP or swap

1998-05-31 Thread Norbert Veber
> Can anyone verify this.. I don't wanna waste disk space if it's not gonna be > used. Thanks to you George. if you dont beleive it, run this program: #include #include void main () { unsigned long int *j,i;

Re: SWAP or swap

1998-05-30 Thread Rev. Joseph Carter
On Sat, May 30, 1998 at 04:42:01PM -0500, Matthew D. Myers wrote: > Can anyone verify this.. I don't wanna waste disk space if it's not gonna be > used. Thanks to you George. It was at one point 16 megs, but it's been 128 for some time now. pgpoBHI2L0xXP.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: SWAP or swap

1998-05-30 Thread the lone gunman
On Sat, May 30, 1998 at 04:30:22PM -0500, Matthew D. Myers wrote: > I have been running my linux with approx. 100 MB swap partition, all how to's > and books say no swap partition bigger than 16 MB. > > What's the story, does linux REALLY not use any more that 16MB swap? I've also heard it's a q

Re: SWAP or swap

1998-05-30 Thread Matthew D. Myers
-Original Message- From: George Bonser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew D. Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Date: Saturday, May 30, 1998 5:33 PM Subject: Re: SWAP or swap >On Sat, 30 May 1998, Matthew D. Myers wrote: > >> I have be

Re: SWAP or swap

1998-05-30 Thread David Z. Maze
Matthew D Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: MDM> I have been running my linux with approx. 100 MB swap partition, MDM> all how to's and books say no swap partition bigger than 16 MB. MDM> MDM> What's the story, does linux REALLY not use any more that 16MB MDM> swap? The correct story is that Lin

SWAP or swap

1998-05-30 Thread Matthew D. Myers
I have been running my linux with approx. 100 MB swap partition, all how to's and books say no swap partition bigger than 16 MB.   What's the story, does linux REALLY not use any more that 16MB swap?