and can the same swap partition be used for more than one Linux installation?
"James J. Capone" wrote:
> In most cases 64mb would be good enough. Remember Linux doesn't ask for too
> much. If you think you are going to run into memory problems because of it then
> I would go for the larger size swap, If not leave it like it is,
>
> That is my 2 cents.
>
> James J. Capone
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jo [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 12, 1999 1:07 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] swap space
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm considering to install Cooker. I was thinking to reserve another
> gigabyte of hard disk space for it. Now my question is: is it allowed to
> 'reuse' or use again the swap partition? It will never be used by both
> installations at the same time.
>
> Furthermore I'm considering to make it bigger. Right now it is 64 MB.
> I'm running on a PII, 350 MHz with 128 MB of memory. Would it be better
> to have more swap space? Like 96 or 128 MB?
>
> Many thanks for your comments,
>
> Jo
