Re: Simple kernel question

[Pi <pinowudi yahoo com>]

I'm running with 192MB RAM + ~133MB swap partition +
251MB swap file on /.  Anaconda prompted me and
created the swap file when it upgraded.  I figured it
was just a temporary thing, but I guess not.  'free'
indicates 380+ MB of swap space.  it just seems
excessive.

Drew Hunt
pinowudi yahoo com

--- John Aldrich <john chattanooga net> wrote:
> 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?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> 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
> 
> 
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