Re: Swap space question
On Tue, May 02, 2000 at 04:37:46PM +1000, Michael Anthon wrote:
> I have often seen this "rule of thumb" used in this way and I believe that
> it has long been misinterpreted. The rule that I am talking about is "you
> need at least twice the amount of swap space as you have RAM".
IIRC, it's a BSDism. On panics, the kernel shoves an image of itself
into the swap. One needs at least the amount of ram, plus some extra
wiggle-room, to do so.
I may be wrong. No, really! It is possible!
- chad
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