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kz14Eric n00b
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:06 am Post subject: Do I really need a swap? |
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I am about to attempt a Gentoo install on my new IBM TP T41p (2737-GEU). I am trying to follow the handbook as closely as possible, but I'm wondering if I have 2 gigs of ram if I really need a swap partition. Thanks for the help guys!
-Eric
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Section_8 l33t
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:12 am Post subject: |
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In addition to virtual memory, linux can also use swap if you want to use tmpfs for /tmp (file system in memory, backed by swap) or suspend to disk (hibernate). |
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kz14Eric n00b
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 2:17 am Post subject: |
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Oh, I had no idea swap was used for hibernate (I definite feature I want with a laptop). Thanks for the info!
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Section_8 l33t
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Kaste Guru
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 3:23 am Post subject: |
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Well swap CAN be used for hibernate but Suspend2 comes with a file writer these days as well, so you don't necessarily need swap for that anymore and 2 gigs of Ram is a size that excedds the virtual memory of many machines.
I'd say you forget the swap and give filewriter a try. _________________ I'm a membar of Mesnar and me scull contains wakky secrets! |
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bradbeglin Tux's lil' helper
Joined: 24 Sep 2006 Posts: 91 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:27 am Post subject: |
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previous discussions on this topic tend to conclude that a little swap is probably still a good idea (just search for swap space), but anything more than say 512mb would be overkill, unless you are using the swap for hibernate... |
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nixnut Bodhisattva
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Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:46 pm Post subject: |
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