On Mon, 30 Oct 2006 12:29:03 +0000, stuart wrote: > Both my laptop and pc installations were done using default > settings. They both have a swap file of over 1GB. Is this > right? I have been reading that it should be a max of 512 or > twice the ram (320 laptop 384 pc).
A gig sounds quite excessive to me. It won't hurt you have that much, but it's a waste of space if you're short on space. If you have the space, don't worry about it. If you don't I'd do a test to see how much you might actually need. Run whatever window manager you want, and open all the programs that you might use at once, such as a mail client, web browser, music player, calendar programs--whatever. Then use free (on the commandline) or kinfocenter > Memory to see what you're system is actually doing. Then drop the swap partition size accordingly. Miark ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
