Subj : LINUX the Cross Roads
To   : Angus Mcleod
From : Mbr
Date : Thu Jan 06 2005 05:35 pm

  Re: LINUX the Cross Roads
  By: Angus Mcleod to Mbr on Thu Jan 06 2005 12:49 pm


 >  > yeah linux doesn't do it the same way.. but it uses a swap partition call
 >  > Swap Drive. and it's usually around doubled the size of the phyiscal ram.
 >  > you have 128meg of ram the swawp is usually 256ish

 > That's not entirely accurate.

 > On an SVR4 system you must have swap at least equal in size to your RAM.
 > Under Linux you can have less or more, to taste.  I usually match the size
 > in RAM, except i) if RAM is very small, I use more swap, and ii) if RAM is
 > very large I use less swap.

 > Right now, I have 2x 128 meg swap partitions and 512 meg RAM.

that's why i stated 'usually'




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