tjm4fun
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Posted: June 28 2005,20:29 |
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The general rule of thumb with swap is 2x your ram.
I've found alot depends on the size and number of apps you have open.
for a machine with 36 meg I would advise at least 128 m, 256 m if you have the space, cause you're gonna run out of real ram pretty quick.
If you;re doing ok, tho, I would leave it till a problem shows up and then make the change.
Also be sure you are using the swap, if it wasn;t formatted as swap when you booted, it won;t be using it.
To format for swap open a root window, or add sudo in front of this:
mkswap /dev/hdax
where you would substitute your actual hda device number.
The when done issue:
swapon
or sudo swapon if you don;t have root auth.
It will start using the swap right away, and will automatically use it on each subsequent reboot.
Good luck!
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