Memory upgrade and resizing the /swap partition ...
I just upgraded my laptop from 512MB to 1024MB memory. It is said that the /swap partition has to be at least as much as the maximum available memory, but my current value is still based on the old 512MB size. Can I increase the size of the existing swap partition or do I have to create a new one? If I have to create a new one, how do I do this and how can I reclaim the unused old swap area? Thanks alot in advance. Kiffin Gish Gouda, The Netherlands ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Memory upgrade and resizing the /swap partition ...
Kiffin Gish schrieb: I just upgraded my laptop from 512MB to 1024MB memory. It is said that the /swap partition has to be at least as much as the maximum available memory, [...] This is more an ancient rule of thumb. You can even have a working system without swap at all. Swap will be only used if you have to less memory available and it depends on the main purpose of the computer how much swap you need. For example I have a small server at home that acts as small web server, mail server, file server and many other things; the server has 768 MB RAM and 128 MB swap and ran for the last two years without out of memory failures. Can I increase the size of the existing swap partition or do I have to create a new one? [...] There is another solution: you can use a file that extends your swap partition. # create an empty 256 MB file dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swapfile bs=1024k count=256 # add an appropriate line to rc.conf echo 'swapfile=/usr/swapfile' /etc/rc.conf # add swap /etc/rc.d/addswap start 'swapinfo' shows information about your current swap partition and files. Regards Björn ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Memory upgrade and resizing the /swap partition ...
=?windows-1252?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Kiffin Gish schrieb: I just upgraded my laptop from 512MB to 1024MB memory. It is said that the /swap partition has to be at least as much as the maximum available memory, [...] This is more an ancient rule of thumb. You can even have a working system without swap at all. Swap will be only used if you have to less memory available and it depends on the main purpose of the computer how much swap you need. There is one caveat: you can't get a kernel dump unless you have enough non-filesystem disk space (normally your swap partition) to dump it on. This isn't a major issue, though, and you can force the kernel to recognize less memory if you really need to. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
