From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 5 06:22:38 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD8F916A406 for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 06:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: from o2.hostbaby.com (o2.hostbaby.com [67.139.134.202]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 77BB213C49D for ; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 06:22:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ceo@l-i-e.com) Received: (qmail 56029 invoked by uid 98); 5 Feb 2007 06:22:44 -0000 Received: from 127.0.0.1 by o2.hostbaby.com (envelope-from , uid 1013) with qmail-scanner-1.25 (clamdscan: 0.88.7/2522. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.069734 secs); 05 Feb 2007 06:22:44 -0000 X-Qmail-Scanner-Mail-From: ceo@l-i-e.com via o2.hostbaby.com X-Qmail-Scanner: 1.25 (Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.069734 secs) Received: from localhost (HELO l-i-e.com) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 5 Feb 2007 06:22:44 -0000 Received: from 67.184.122.32 (SquirrelMail authenticated user ceo@l-i-e.com) by www.l-i-e.com with HTTP; Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:22:44 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <2108.67.184.122.32.1170656564.squirrel@www.l-i-e.com> In-Reply-To: <393982.95591.qm@web53614.mail.yahoo.com> References: <393982.95591.qm@web53614.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:22:44 -0600 (CST) From: "Richard Lynch" To: "Aloha Guy" User-Agent: Hostbaby Webmail MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swap file vs swap partition X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: ceo@l-i-e.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2007 06:22:39 -0000 On Sun, February 4, 2007 3:53 pm, Aloha Guy wrote: > Thanks for the input. You do have good points. The only issue with > swap partitions is that it seems like you need to increase it > everytime you increase the physical memory. Is there a swap partition > size limit that pretty much will handle anything and setting a number > larger than that will really not offer anything? What you *might* consider doing: A swap partition the size of *ONE* RAM chip. A swap file the size of all your RAM chips. If you are having kernel panics, you can pull out RAM and then get your kernel dump, I would presume. This is a made-up answer from a guy who has no idea what he's talking about, really... -- Some people have a "gift" link here. Know what I want? I want you to buy a CD from some starving artist. http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?