-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On 2010-07-20 11:24, Philipp Thomas wrote:
On Sat, 17 Jul 2010 21:42:11 +0200, "Carlos E. R."
wrote: You not _need_ any swap at all.
Not quite right. If you want to use suspend to disk, you definitely need swap.
I know, but that is not the case. :-) I don't think it is possible to suspend with a swap file, which was what the OP contemplated. He mentioned the system was slow, so he wanted to add swap. For the reasons he posted, he did not need swap, with emphasis on "need". For other reasons, he may need or benefit, yes.
Plus the 2X rule is for Windows (3.x), not Linux.
No, it's also for Unix systems but stems from a time when 512 MiB were an astronomical amount of memory.
I first saw the rule applied to Windows when 4 MiB was astronomical, and Windows maximum swap was double the ram. So the rule was "double" because that was the maximum you could define, and more was really needed. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" GM (Minas Tirith)) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iF4EAREIAAYFAkxGofkACgkQja8UbcUWM1wO1wD+LzWDzxEd+OGgROkJWqUhC17D 0Cx1z6xJX3O0TPc1YDgBAIXMaj1U0tXEbRRq+QJVBWruPbOZYqZtEnBBthtYLtLQ =1COp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org