Re: swap size for 2gb 2 processors?

On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:58:21 -0900, Floyd L. Davidson wrote:

General Schvantzkoph <schvantzkoph@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 11:22:22 +0000, Ron Hardin wrote:

How big should I partition swap for 2gb ram 2 processors? Planning
out a partition magic run on a 120 gb disk, sharing with windows XP.


The rule of thumb is 2 * RAM size, in your case that would be 4G. This is

There is no such rule of thumb for Linux, and *never* has been.
Use Google and learn something about it before you post false
statements.


Do you know what a 'rule of thumb' is? In days past, there was indeed a
rule of thumb if not a hearty recommendation for swap = 2*physicalRAM.
This was in the day before 1gb was fairly common, but indeed, it was there.

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