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Subject: Re: Swap partition
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Eugen Udma wrote:
> Hello,
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> I have FreeBSD installed on my desktop, with 2 GB of RAM and
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> 4 GB swap partition and this swap partition is very seldom
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> touched by the system and then only 2-3% used.
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> 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?
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> Thanks for any advice,
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> Eugen
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In short, no. And in fact in order to use those 4GB RAM you will need 
either FreeBSD/amd64 or a PAE kernel.