Re: Change swap after adding memory?

[Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@matchmail.com>]

On Tue, Mar 13, 2001 at 06:09:31PM -0600, Kevin van Haaren wrote:
> I'm getting ready to add 64mb to my 16mb machine.  Currently it has a 
> swap of 48mb.  Should I boost up the swap or just leave it?
>

Depends, is that 2.2 or 2.4?  If 2.4, you should be ok, but keep an eye on
the swap usage.

> is it better to repartition to create a larger single swap or just 
> add a 2nd swap partition?
> 

if you have multiple drives, by all means, put a swap on the second one.

Though, a second partition on the drive that isn't next to the other swap
will mean more head movement.

I'd say, keep your partitions, and add a swap file.  There is a priority
setting you can put in /etc/fstab that will make the kernel use one swap
before another.  Do a search on google.

Mike