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On 12/27/98, 1:09:39 AM, "Matt Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [newbie] Mandrake instalation:
> > While doing "server" Mandrake instalation had two little problems:
> >1. It did not allow me to continue instalation without swap
partition.
> > I chose expert mode and I _know_ what am I doing.
I have managed to create 0MB sized swap partition on a full disk. Just
remove it after installation. Might cause some confusion otherwise.
> If you _know_ what you're doing, you'd know a swap partition is
> important... I wouldn't say I _know_ what I'm doing all the time but
I've
> read enough books to know that a swap partition is a very good thing
in
> Linux, make it about 1.5x the amount of RAM in your system.
Actually, swap file is more convinient. It might be bit slower, but
who cares, swapping is slow anyway. A partition has a fixed size, it
is much easier to create a bigger/smaller file.
I have allways regretted later when I have done a swap partition.
