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Re: FAQ... Swap partition... how big?



wen@japan.email.ne.jp writes:

> volospin.bbs> something about double of the physical RAM?
> 
> FYI, it depends on how much your physical RAM is. Generally
> speaking, if your physical RAM > 64MB you should not make a swap
> double of physical RAM.

Why?

zw@q:~/ > free -m
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:            61         59          1          0          7         22
-/+ buffers/cache:         29         31
Swap:          392         17        375
You have new mail.
zw@q:~/ >

BTW, is -gb@l.d.o losing email from -big5@l.d.o ? I didn't read the
orig post but only this reply.

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