Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Matt Graham
On 2018-09-21 13:51, Matt Graham wrote: On 2018-09-21 13:08, Carruth, Rusty wrote: 2 - swap files work fine, but can't be used for suspend/hibernate. /usr/src/linux/Documentation/power/swsusp-and-swap-files.txt says that you can do this. I have never tried to do this. I guess it's time to

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Michael Butash
phxlinux.org] *On > Behalf Of *Michael Butash > *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 3:03 PM > *To:* PLUG Phoenix List > *Subject:* Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm) > > … > > > > My biggest issues are … browsers using 80gb of memory, and libreof

RE: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Carruth, Rusty
] On Behalf Of Michael Butash Sent: Monday, September 24, 2018 3:03 PM To: PLUG Phoenix List Subject: Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm) … My biggest issues are … browsers using 80gb of memory, and libreoffice going crazy occasionally

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Michael Butash
utash > *Sent:* Monday, September 24, 2018 11:07 AM > *To:* PLUG Phoenix List > *Subject:* Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm) > > > > So interestingly enough I was looking at my swap from this convo, and > surprisingly noticed that I'd never added

RE: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Carruth, Rusty
, September 24, 2018 11:07 AM To: PLUG Phoenix List Subject: Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm) So interestingly enough I was looking at my swap from this convo, and surprisingly noticed that I'd never added any swap to this system! I built the swap lvm slice, but never

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Stephen Partington
8 12:18 AM > *To:* Main PLUG discussion list > *Subject:* Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm) > > > > I have found some applications use swap with direct calls. > > > > "A significant number of the pages referenced by a process early in it

RE: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-24 Thread Carruth, Rusty
.. er, whatever. Rusty From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Partington Sent: Sunday, September 23, 2018 12:18 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm) I have found some applications

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-23 Thread Stephen Partington
ystem ran in to walls sooner. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message- >> From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On >> Behalf Of Matt Graham >> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:35 AM >> To: Main PLUG d

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-22 Thread Michael Butash
> >> -Original Message----- >> From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On >> Behalf Of Matt Graham >> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:35 AM >> To: Main PLUG discussion list >> Subject: Re: To lvm or not to lvm >> >>

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-22 Thread Bob Elzer
don't have proof for, but it > just felt like a no-swap system ran in to walls sooner. > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: PLUG-discuss [mailto:plug-discuss-boun...@lists.phxlinux.org] On > Behalf Of Matt Graham > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 9:35 AM > T

Re: To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-21 Thread Matt Graham
On 2018-09-21 13:08, Carruth, Rusty wrote: You might even be able to get away without swap if you don't want to do suspend-to-disk. 1 - one big (that is to say, at least your ram size, and possibly 2x your ram size) swap PARTITION is needed if you want to hibernate or suspend, and I think

To swap or not to swap ;-) (was RE: To lvm or not to lvm)

2018-09-21 Thread Carruth, Rusty
, 2018 9:35 AM To: Main PLUG discussion list Subject: Re: To lvm or not to lvm You might even be able to get away without swap if you don't want to do suspend-to-disk. --- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org

Re: To lvm or not to lvm

2018-09-21 Thread Matt Graham
On 2018-09-20 16:14, Mark Phillips wrote: Do you recommend installing Ubuntu 18.04 on an lvm (ie selecting that option when installing) in a dual boot with Windows 10 scenario?  My thought is if the Ubuntu setup works well on my Surface Pro 4, is stable, etc. then I would use the lvm to nuke

Re: To lvm or not to lvm

2018-09-21 Thread Michael Butash
een doing md+luks+lvm for a long time, and really find no complaints > moving from spinners, to sata ssd, to nvme m.2. SSD leveling seems less an > issue in modern samsung and others that auto-level, otherwise I'd love them > one a year, at best, but not so much lately with 950+ gen samsu

Re: To lvm or not to lvm

2018-09-21 Thread Michael Butash
I've been doing md+luks+lvm for a long time, and really find no complaints moving from spinners, to sata ssd, to nvme m.2. SSD leveling seems less an issue in modern samsung and others that auto-level, otherwise I'd love them one a year, at best, but not so much lately with 950+ gen samsung m2's

Re: To lvm or not to lvm

2018-09-20 Thread kitepilot
KISS, my friend, KISS If you decide to nuke Window$, change the partition type, configure EXT4 and add it to your fstab KISS!:) ET Mark Phillips writes: Do you recommend installing Ubuntu 18.04 on an lvm (ie selecting that option when installing) in a dual boot with Windows 10

To lvm or not to lvm

2018-09-20 Thread Mark Phillips
Do you recommend installing Ubuntu 18.04 on an lvm (ie selecting that option when installing) in a dual boot with Windows 10 scenario? My thought is if the Ubuntu setup works well on my Surface Pro 4, is stable, etc. then I would use the lvm to nuke the Windows partition and Windows recovery