Re: Simple kernel question

[John Aldrich <john chattanooga net>]

On Wednesday 01 August 2001 11:40 am, you wrote:
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> Pi wrote:
> >I just upgraded my RH7.0 laptop to 7.1 and during the
> >update, it had me allocate an additional 250 MB swap
> >file on my disk.  It now resides at /SWAP.  Is it safe
> >for me to remove this file or is it a permanent
> >addition to the memory configuration?
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> According to Linus, 2.4 kernels should have a 2:1 ratio of swap:RAM.
> If removing the swap file will bring you below that, I'd leave it.
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Hmm... I've only got 1.5:1 ratio of swap to ram. 'Course, considering I have 
about 256 megs of swap.... I don't seriously think that Linus suggests we 
have a GIG of swap if we've got a half-gig of ram... 
How much swap, TOTAL, do you have and how much ram? <personal belief> I'd say 
256 megs of swap *should* be sufficient for most things, depending on how 
memory-intensive you're going to get. However, on a laptop, I doubt you're 
serving up 2,000 web pages a second or anything similarly memory-intensive! 
;-) </personal belief>
	John