Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:06:08 +0200 From: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> To: Eugen Udma <eugenu2@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Swap partition Message-ID: <477C9770.3060701@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: <905908.9692.qm@web56903.mail.re3.yahoo.com> References: <905908.9692.qm@web56903.mail.re3.yahoo.com>
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Eugen Udma wrote: > Hello, > > > > I have FreeBSD installed on my desktop, with 2 GB of RAM and > > 4 GB swap partition and this swap partition is very seldom > > touched by the system and then only 2-3% used. > > > > > > > I want to install FreeBSD on a laptop with 4 GB of RAM and a > hard disk of 100 GB. Should I waste 8 GB for a swap partition, > as it is recommended in the handbook? > > Thanks for any advice, > > > Eugen > > > > > In short, no. And in fact in order to use those 4GB RAM you will need either FreeBSD/amd64 or a PAE kernel.
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