Re: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ??

Greg Hennessy
2001-06-06T17:04:00Z

In article <200106061612.f56GCbA14901@vindaloo.ras.ucalgary.ca>,
Richard Gooch <rgooch@ras.ucalgary.ca> wrote:
> > Swap is "extra space to be used if we have it" and nothing else.
>
> Sure. But Linux still works without swap. It's just that if you *do*
> have swap, it works best with 2* RAM.

There is a large difference between saying Linux works best with
2*RAM, and Linux requires 2*RAM.