Re: Requirement: swap = RAM x 2.5 ??

Richard Gooch
2001-06-06T16:13:18Z

Jeff Garzik writes:
>
> I'm sorry but this is a regression, plain and simple.
>
> Previous versons of Linux have worked great on diskless workstations
> with NO swap.
>
> 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.

Regards,

Richard....
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