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. Moral of the story: Even with lots of RAM, swap is always nice to have. -- Matthias Hentges Cologne / Germany [www.hentges.net] -> PGP welcome, HTML tolerated ICQ: 97 26 97 4 -> No files, no URL's My OS: Debian Woody: Geek by Nature, Linux by Choice
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