need mor memory?

Forum: HD Install
Topic: need mor memory?
started by: gekkokid

Posted by gekkokid on April 02 2004,12:46

does this just mean i am out of memory
Out of memory: killed processes 283 (links)

Posted by cbagger01 on April 02 2004,18:34

Probably.

You should create a swap file or a swap partition.

Search the forum for more help.

Posted by gekkokid on April 02 2004,19:16

i did around 3 times the ram spec, e.g. 16mb of ram so i created 48mb partition and set as type linux swap

Posted by roberts on April 02 2004,20:27

Can you tell us exactly what process you were running?
Are you installed on hard drive or running from liveCD?

Posted by gekkokid on April 02 2004,20:32

sorry i have sorted it now but btw i was running from the CD

Posted by cbagger01 on April 03 2004,02:09

FYI,

The 2x or 3x your RAM rule of thumb is usually good if you have a decent amount of memory, like 64MB or 128MB.

For low memory computers, I usually suggest that you ditch the rule of thumb and make a 64MB minium swap partition. If disk space is available, 128MB is preferred.

Your computer will run slower when it is forced to use your swap partition, but for me it is preferrable to give the computer virtual RAM to run additional programs instead getting of an out of memory crash.

Posted by gekkokid on April 03 2004,02:28

can i change the swap file after installation - i dont think so cos i dont have any free space!

is it possible to easily reinstall dsl without any problems?

Posted by cbagger01 on April 03 2004,06:06

It is easier to change a swap file than it is to repartition your hard drive to change the size of your swap partition, especially when the drive is already fully used and no unpartitioned space is available.

My opinion is that you should find a size that works for you and then you should stick with it.

The advantage of a swap paritition is slightly improved performance when swapping virtual memory.

However, a swap file is nice when you have a system with extremely limited disk space because you can combine your whole Linux install into one bigger partition and share the same partition for both your data files and your swap file. In this way, if you suddenly need some temporary additional disk space you can resize or even delete your swap file to make more total room available for data files. Then when you have available space again you can recreate your old swap file.