From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from tnt11a-83.focal-chi.corecomm.net ([216.214.86.83] helo=linserver.megsinet.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.22 #1 (Debian)) id 15OQqD-000320-00 for ; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 17:32:46 -0400 Received: (from romualt@localhost) by linserver.megsinet.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f6MLX8X00332 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sun, 22 Jul 2001 16:33:08 -0500 Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 16:33:07 -0500 From: Gregory Nowak To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: do i need swap Message-ID: <20010722163307.A329@linserver.megsinet.net> References: <200107222046.f6MKkEC07863@stoned.asmodean.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: ; from cpt.kirk@1tree.net on Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:47:13PM -0500 Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: With that, you could very comfortably run an isp dial-up server. Greg On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 04:47:13PM -0500, Kirk Wood wrote: > On Sun, 22 Jul 2001, Raul A. Gallegos wrote: > > Hi. I don't remember off hand where I read this but somewhere some swap docs said that if your swap is larger than 128 megs none of the space after 128 > > megs will be used anyway so if you will have a swap to not make it more than 128 megs in size to avoid wasting disk space. > > Hmm, well I went and started looking this all up. Linux *used* to have a > limit of 128 MB per partition with no limit on the number of > partitions. This however, is no longer the case. The maximum usable size > of the swap partition now varies with architecture. For the majority of us > (running intel platform) that size is now 2 GB. So, have fun and make > large partitions. > > Of course this also starts to beg the question if I should not save up and > build a machine with monstrously large amounts of memory and swap size. I > mean I can get 256 MB DIMMs for less then $100, and 15 GB hard drives for > another $100. Thus, I could design a system with say 3/4 gigabyte of > memory and 60 gigabytes of drive space for less then a grand. (Not that I > have a use for such a system.) > > ======= > Kirk Wood > Cpt.Kirk@1tree.net > > The mind is like a parachute; it works much better when open. > If you're too open minded, your brains will fall out. > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup