Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 11:32:19 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: "Gary W. Swearingen" <swear@blarg.net> Cc: default <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ideal swap partition space... Message-ID: <20011008113219.B15776@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <mny9mngk6a.9mn@localhost.localdomain>; from swear@blarg.net on Sun, Oct 07, 2001 at 03:27:41PM -0700 References: <OE44wbymh2v8nBmiZDu0000a388@hotmail.com> <mny9mngk6a.9mn@localhost.localdomain>
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On Sunday, 7 October 2001 at 15:27:41 -0700, Gary W. Swearingen wrote: > "default" <default013subscriptions@hotmail.com> writes: > >> I'm curious about setting up the amount of space for the swap partition... >> is there any ideal amount for FreeBSD? > > Yes. None. Well, though it would be nice to get by without using swap, note that the swap partition is also used for processor dumps after a panic. For that to work, your swap space must be at least the size of main memory, plus a little bit for header information. Apart from that, I agree with most of the statements in this thread. Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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