On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 09:44:02PM +0200, Matthias Hentges wrote: > Am Mon, 2003-09-01 um 20.25 schrieb Carlos Sousa: > > On 02 Sep 2003 01:43:25 +0800 David Palmer wrote: > > > The swap file is absolutely necessary. > > > This is the space on the disc where operating transactions take place. > > > Without a swap file, you don't have a system. > > > > Bollocks. > > > > Last I looked, swap space (file or partition) is a way to extend virtual > > memory by grabbing some disk space for the effect, and is thus completely > > optional. Your system may handle heavier applications simultaneously if > > you give it some swap space, but as long as you have a decent amount of > > RAM the system will run perfectly without it. > > > > Actually, if a system *needs* swap space to work correctly, you're > > probably due for a RAM upgrade. > > Yeah right, you tell that my 1GB RAM P4 box. It's actually running out > of memory every now and then. Oh well i guess gzipping a 1,2GB mail > archive (daily backup) takes its toll hehe. gzipping 1.2 Gb of mail shouldn't require that much ram. I just gzipped a 900+ meg file and gzip hit a maximum of 592k of virtual memory. Bijan -- Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com> http://www.crasseux.com
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