Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 04:39:37 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr> To: Jonathan Stewart <stewarjh@email.uc.edu> Cc: doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mistype in the documentation not sure where to send it Message-ID: <20020218023937.GA12203@hades.hell.gr> In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.2.20020217205849.00b52c10@email.uc.edu> References: <5.1.0.14.2.20020217205849.00b52c10@email.uc.edu>
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On 2002-02-17 21:01, Jonathan Stewart wrote:
> i found this mistake in the freebsd manual and dont know where else to
> send it page 40 in the zipped pdf download
>
> Choosing the right amount
> of swap space can be a bit
> of an art. A good rule of
> thumb is that you should
> have two or three times the
> amount of RAM as swap
> space. So if you have 64MB
> of RAM then you should
> have between 128MB and
> 196MB of swap. You
> should also have at least
> 64MB of swap, so if you
> have less than 32MB of
> RAM in your computer
> then set the swap amount to
> 64MB.
>
> i think what was meant was 2 to 3 times as much swap space as ram
Nope. The text is correct (although a bit cryptic, I have to admit). You
should have swap space = 2 * RAM, especially if you're using a debugging
kernel. This way, if the kernel panics, you will have enough swap space to
save a copy of the entire RAM in the swap, and get a working crash dump at
the next boot (provided you have configured a dump device).
Thanks for trying to help though :)
Keep up the good work!
Giorgos Keramidas FreeBSD Documentation Project
keramida@{freebsd.org,ceid.upatras.gr} http://www.FreeBSD.org/docproj/
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