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Aug 11, 2002, 02:24 AM
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Junior
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Linux Swap
I'm about to install slackware. I was just wondering.... is it necessary to have a swap partition if I have 512mb ram?
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Aug 11, 2002, 02:31 AM
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AKA *e-Seeker*
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Re: Linux Swap
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Aug 11, 2002, 02:57 AM
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Junior
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Aug 11, 2002, 03:00 AM
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Junior
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How large should I make it? I currently have a partition w/ 1.2 gigs.
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Aug 11, 2002, 05:08 AM
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Congrats on your 1k's post, and, btw. nice message to go with it |
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Aug 12, 2002, 04:49 PM
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DriverHeaven Newbie
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yes, it will run without swap.
i digress though; Linux is far more agressive in the use of memory; it will consume all available untill there is no more, and then it will look for swap. As with windows, try and have the swap on a different partition. Listen, do what you do normally and run 'top' in a console window - have a look at your memory usage, and then decide if you need swap. It will not use the swap unless it has to, unlike MS products. |
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Aug 12, 2002, 06:10 PM
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Aug 12, 2002, 10:26 PM
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Aug 12, 2002, 10:41 PM
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Massive Happiness
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yes, creating a swap partition is a required step. Both Redhat and Slackware make you create one. Not sure about any other distros, never installed them.
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Aug 13, 2002, 04:53 AM
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DriverHeaven Junior Member
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Mandrake and Debian both require a swap as well.
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Aug 13, 2002, 06:03 AM
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:)
...was getting a bit worried back there
The last ver. I used was the Red Hat 5.0 |yeah, I'm ashamed  | |
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