Other Help Topics :: maybe memory problems

Please does anyone know if there is a specific size of the swap partition? I left over 20 Megs but X don't want to start
(I have a disk 150Megs all in swap but this configuration seems rather slow, plus the disk i want to use (400 Megs) has just the size for hd installation)

The real question is : How much swap space must i have with 12 Megs of RAM?

I don't want neither too big nor too small...

80 MB is fine

Just curiosity but will the xserver run in as little as 12 mb ram ?

It should do - DSL uses Kdrive, which is specifically designed for small and embedded systems.

thanks for the answers guys

Modrak : the WHOLE linux is 40 Mb and it needs 80 Mb swap? I fear that it's gonna be too slow if it has to read from the swap all the time, but i am gonna try it

hasty : it was VERY slow running from the CD and having 150 Mb of swap space

TyphoonMentat : It should do what? i can't find a reason for it not to do... the biggest memory it ever needed was about 9 Mb including the kernel. Ramdisk of 9430 as it says should be ok just on its own...

Anyways, i'll try it again later and i 'll tell you the results ;)

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