On Wed, 11 Aug 1999, MURRAY, Paul wrote:
> Apparently twice your memory is good for swap space, and the largest swap
> you can use is 128M. Since I will have 128M of memory, I'd be looking at two
> swap partitions of 128M - one on each drive.
OVERKILL!! Sorry, I'll stop shouting...
128 physical plus 128 virtual is 256Megs of total memory! Unless you're
participating in a Mindcraft test, there's no need for that on a home system.
I've got 128 RAM and 128 swap, and I have never begun to fill up the swap. If
you ever do need more, you can always make a temporary swap file. The rule of
thumb for having twice the swap as RAM was invented back when everyone had
16Megs standard.
Since you will have two drives, let me make a suggestion that will speed up
your system: put your swap partition on the Windows drive (hda1). After all,
even Windows has no need for 8Gb! Your Linux drive heads won't be constantly
switching back and forth between swap and what you're working on.
--
Arandir...
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