From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Feb 13 15:19:43 2020 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C37F1C9DD8 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) Received: from sonic302-21.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (sonic302-21.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [66.163.186.147]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 48JKtj6b9yz45MB for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com) X-YMail-OSG: .gGoOVkVM1mFQ8w6l9G0kIHk5neIXKQ.9R1oUe_V3bhdAOgpbTbtxDyT0RH6BkS bmXZTmGd4ezZ7ORSUdHaVbgcftbBlLVXEfR9L40JxpM6vynVPd6bsQeo9cEzvgy7ZPkb9n.9Gnk9 7.81s8A77wAAf0bD80wgNlfyX_g9ok8ImKTFfx9yT1JhvYOF01Dws5xrR5hA76Jd3anphRCGQUW3 0bEx.I._aFVjqeDAQeoFDOIFVpP5XtMKztBKl2k8QsFg9XRgFeCGsVK4WaqZQjWS4ez6.4t3Olyu 9UP1f9XYipTsyagxmDuasLHunlZK2Pd1KL4un7dEcS3oLz3WCt4JjyplCRI2wnn5ODQyD6naJWTz 08QhuFq.tqbR5JKAMX.adNkSJI.e9vrkhOM_teNwytztCllwz0x_l7CQ6KYjfXhsyrHAi6ozUnVh 8cILZchuCchqE6vvNzq_4_sUJMbpKk1nMr17NY6n1piJfkizw.UlV7.7jjWzRcptu.uu8psK0CdY JCnqQNd3fqkoEm46lnx8qqMnj6YKdyWE5JEMDbnx0ErvtmGgqQBif4eImyt3C.0Z_mG.ypvqLHqA zJzd9YPob3JwkVC3IohhdsThYnP_KVbfTnd5BduqRI.mirBtceeCA9kiUTudvjrhLMQhlkWXrS1o Vgp1Btrt7zsfW3sl84RODJzfAkGctMNfyLSsSkh830FZ8VXH0rVG8SqgycHAYcIfhavCe7dtxe0L QeqKDuoU5WfycPz5m0nmgPxttGKVmXWj1LqMwiS5S2y1OveLg3h7.22igFm35tRGmYcIruwN3ATa Qf014ARLcJSH03Hb5jE3Vp_psZggEr.V5eBUQXy1b95brJv7gw1HXfW9dEfxjBR1sENNRlNAFrC2 hUyo35dYmhPYPDiMiAe59ucmFYllJnYknihYKl8BNHgFhTjbX7TRe1_7bD4rq7_L0k5b7kDWSARK e6jWEagwijv_sPYnh9VmAF4J2b1ZmVkH0bu6Np8Nr.ne8BfzMjaiYhSFkB.FwaDvhaGMEK7A5MKY sAT6l5UuX8AQZaDJCZLjPja.CAd7KN6JPawQzUj.TplWyKIFvPQhvRtTpB4zLiSTCb6H63vjtA1g YoAREkQuyOSWLlrOAGz.KbbwKcsWTmYvdiHZaaRUVDiKo1unyctOrn_R6329yTi_aYFJhw7MYlxs yuQEosKlWaE8ATwxFNl_VR0h9t2ymU.Lo3218tByU2.Li8t4fQOsC5WbZvCv3jlqHJarXjl7CeUl 5NJgoy_RNyH1pRyZiObZpByM7CEIOn46ehZI4Wp074AedJtftdmECn1BeERJoJHdS7F_7HoSnaVV loryMXLIi5MG8cNXM0v4U8b2Hrcz5fkcyrJhHvdsn1c3BNE5QEe.qSWErHjJ6H.NsrlHp6Pt3Unp 5BL6oJ1dASAtWys0lHy6N Received: from sonic.gate.mail.ne1.yahoo.com by sonic302.consmr.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with HTTP; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:40 +0000 Received: by smtp412.mail.bf1.yahoo.com (Oath Hermes SMTP Server) with ESMTPA ID c463182f77fc6a7553e71814eb21ad30; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pj1-f44.google.com with SMTP id f2so2792416pjq.1 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:19:35 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAVF4a7dxt+lnpZfeVHrD9lnDwO8cMK4ZQXBqS3RogA0tMkxqSRN ln6rDdXVnuVSN5KYK96b5n0UA345NVhEDoT6EIA= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqxdaGjBYoGMWYtmB2BL4WxQsHTIJhiEp7haQfVL9q0YLw3Kx8yU1CqiJldVUMCQQFeEU7Sdaw3V899fbFemh1A= X-Received: by 2002:a17:902:407:: with SMTP id 7mr27873082ple.226.1581607174229; Thu, 13 Feb 2020 07:19:34 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <20200213150229.GC14144@bastion.zyxst.net> In-Reply-To: <20200213150229.GC14144@bastion.zyxst.net> From: Ottavio Caruso Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:18 +0000 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: some questions about disk partitioning and filesystems and booting To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: WebService/1.1.15199 hermes Apache-HttpAsyncClient/4.1.4 (Java/1.8.0_181) X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 48JKtj6b9yz45MB X-Spamd-Bar: -- X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-2.62 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-0.94)[-0.941,0]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[yahoo.com:s=s2048]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FREEMAIL_FROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+ptr:yahoo.com]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE_FREEMAIL(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.98)[-0.981,0]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[yahoo.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[yahoo.com,reject]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[147.186.163.66.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; IP_SCORE(0.00)[ip: (3.26), ipnet: 66.163.184.0/21(1.16), asn: 36646(0.93), country: US(-0.05)]; FORGED_SENDER(0.30)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; FREEMAIL_ENVFROM(0.00)[yahoo.com]; ASN(0.00)[asn:36646, ipnet:66.163.184.0/21, country:US]; FROM_NEQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com,pr0f3ss0r1492@yahoo.com]; DWL_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[yahoo.com.dwl.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 15:19:43 -0000 On Thu, 13 Feb 2020 at 15:02, tech-lists wrote: > The bsdinstaller defaults to 4GB swap. Isn't this insufficient on a 32GB > system? With 32GB RAM you might not even need swap at all, ever. I, personally, wouldn't even bother, but that depends on the load. > Doesn't swap need to be 2x RAM on a fast disk? No, this is really an old assumption. -- Ottavio Caruso