Date: 27 Dec 2005 08:35:04 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Memory upgrade and resizing the /swap partition ... Message-ID: <44vexaacjb.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <43B12EAE.4040808@spray.se> References: <000a01c60ada$0b76c840$2401a8c0@XGISH> <43B12EAE.4040808@spray.se>
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=?windows-1252?Q?Bj=F6rn_K=F6nig?= <bjoern.koenig@spray.se> writes: > Kiffin Gish schrieb: > > I just upgraded my laptop from 512MB to 1024MB memory. > > It is said that the /swap partition has to be at least as much as > > the maximum available memory, [...] > > This is more an ancient rule of thumb. You can even have a working > system without swap at all. Swap will be only used if you have to less > memory available and it depends on the main purpose of the computer > how much swap you need. There is one caveat: you can't get a kernel dump unless you have enough non-filesystem disk space (normally your swap partition) to dump it on. This isn't a major issue, though, and you can force the kernel to recognize less memory if you really need to.
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