Re: Partitioning advice, 13.9 GB HD
On 5 Jun 2003 "Gary Hennigan" <glhenni@sandia.gov> wrote:
> "Ben Kal" <benkal@euronet.nl> writes:
> [snip]
>> AFAIK the guide to the size of swap is the amount of RAM: make it equal to
>> or twice that amount. By that standard you can cut down swap at least to
>> half what you now plan to make it. I don't know if Linux would like to
>> fill swap space with the iso image when a cd burner is busy but I doubt it.
> [more snippage]
>
> AFAIK this isn't true of Linux. Some Unices required this in the past.
> [snip]
>
> For Linux the amount of swap is like the size of /usr/local (or /opt).
New to me.
> It's dependent on how you use the machine. I think it's generally true
> that it's a good idea to have a bit of swap (128MB is my typical minimum),
> but after that it's dependent on what you do with your machine.
> [snip]
Both the book 'LPI Linux Certification in a Nutshell' and a German on-line
course that prepares you for the LPI Level 1 exams only talk about size of
RAM as a guide to the size of swap. The German course, which seems more
up-to-date, even asserts that more than 128 Mb swap is no use anyway.
This is just to inform you. I am not going to debate this, because my
knowledge does not measure op to determine the true swap space requirements
of a system. I simply follow the most authorative guideline known to me in
this matter.
Ben
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