Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 20:17:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 20:17:25 -0500 Received: from quechua.inka.de ([193.197.184.2]:56220 "EHLO mail.inka.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 1 Nov 2002 20:17:24 -0500 From: Bernd Eckenfels To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [announce] swap mini-howto In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: ka.lists.linux.kernel User-Agent: tin/1.5.8-20010221 ("Blue Water") (UNIX) (Linux/2.0.39 (i686)) Message-Id: Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 02:23:55 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1081 Lines: 30 In article you wrote: > I'm sure that it has some things that need to be corrected, You say that linux needs swap=ram and old linux needs swap=2xram which is not true. There is no "need" for swap size (like in BSD where you need to have at least as much swap as you have ram). If your system is doing a lot of memory intense work you may need swap space up to dozents of gigabyte :) Normally it is enough to have 1-2 times of your ram, if you have a normal 128-1gb system. Swap usage can be monitored with the "free" command. > Anyone have suggestions for where this should/could live, > like tldp.org or kernelnewbies.org etc.? > (other than where it is :) i would suggest you send it to the LDP (tldp.org) cause they will be mirrored everywhere. Greetings Bernd - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/