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[Oddball <monkey9@xxxxxx>]

Carlos E. R. schreef:
> The Sunday 2008-05-18 at 17:57 +0100, Richard (MQ) wrote:
>
> >> Twice the size of RAM was common a rule of thumb a decade or so ago;
> >> these days we recommend at most the size of RAM.
> >>
> > Without wanting to get into a flame war, I'd quite agree that 1x is
> > sensible on 'normal' systems with plenty of RAM. However, we're talking
> > here specifically about a machine sporting 'only' 256M. I do a lot of
> > installations on such low-end kit and would generally use 2x, I also
> > often see (on such systems) swap usage > 50%, which I feel justifies it.
>
> Then you can put as much swap as you want, without the slightest 
> qualm. I have a system with 32 MiB of ram and about a GiB of swap O:-)
>
> The 2x size was typical of Windows 3.X because it was simply the 
> maximum it tolerated, more was ignored. So it became the rule of 
> thumb. In Linux there is no such limit.
>
> Of course, it will work faster with that much in ram rather than in 
> swap, but when there isn't, there isn't.
>
> -- Cheers,
>        Carlos E. R.
Besides that, when hibernating it uses swap for to plant the image.
If it is not big enough, it will fail...

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Enjoy your time around,


Oddball         (Now or never...)


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