Greg Olszewski wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 09:20:41AM -0800, Ray Olszewski wrote:
> > Thanks for the info. I have two more questions. I was able to install caldera
> with no problems, i was even able to get kppp to work with a little
> configuration. My first qustion is: how can I tell how large my swap file is.
> When installing caldera, it did all of the file configuration, / boot, /usr for
> me. Next question is: Once I figure out how large my swap file is, if i have
> one, how large should it be. I have 64 megs of ram. Email me if more info is
> needed.
> There are many reasons to break up a Linux install into several partitions.
> > For a one-user system with what is, these days, a small hard disk, they
> > aren't all that compelling. In your situation I would use a single partition
> > for the entire filesystem, as you have set it up.
> >
> > Two qualifications to that ...
> >
> > First, you haven't mentioned either (a) any provision for a swap partition
> > or (b) how much RAM your system has. You may want to add swap space -- some
> > distributions will insist on your providing it.
> >
> You *need* swap space. From what I've read on linux-kernel,
> It screws up the memory-management alogrithims not to have
> some, even if you don't ever use it, and you will notice a
> performance hit.
>
> have fun
>
> greg
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