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Re: [SLE] Why have swap
- From: Dave Smith <Dave.Smith@xxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 09:40:04 +0100
- Message-id: <20030903084004.GZ13129@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Tue, Sep 02, 2003 at 11:23:14AM +1000, Michael.James@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> I read somewhere that the 2.4 kernel works better
> with swap at least 2 times the physical ram.
Linus Torvalds said so himself on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (although I
can't immediately find the link.
> That said, I want to make a diskless fanless silent workstation (netbooting)
> so I won't have anything to swap onto.
> If I just bung in a Gig of ram...?
I built a diskless, fanless silent firewall (netbooting) around SuSE 7.2,
by chucking in 384 MB RAM. It netbooted from an FTP server, and once booted,
ran entirely from ramdisk.
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> I read somewhere that the 2.4 kernel works better
> with swap at least 2 times the physical ram.
Linus Torvalds said so himself on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (although I
can't immediately find the link.
> That said, I want to make a diskless fanless silent workstation (netbooting)
> so I won't have anything to swap onto.
> If I just bung in a Gig of ram...?
I built a diskless, fanless silent firewall (netbooting) around SuSE 7.2,
by chucking in 384 MB RAM. It netbooted from an FTP server, and once booted,
ran entirely from ramdisk.
--
David Smith Work Email: Dave.Smith@xxxxxx
STMicroelectronics Home Email: David.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bristol, England GPG Key: 0xF13192F2
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