swap files (Re: [plug] New linux install)

[Nathan Alberti]

Another handy suggestion if you have more than one drive is to have a swap
partition on each drive setting them with the same priority in /etc/fstab
this will allow the kernel to stripe (RAID0 stye) across all your swap
partitions.

Regards,

Nathan Alberti

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Kemner" <zombie at wasp.net.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2001 2:46 PM
Subject: RE: swap files (Re: [plug] New linux install)


> On Thu, 4 Oct 2001, Richard Bartlett wrote:
>
> > If I put more RAM into the system, then I will have to reinstall and
> > increase the swap size anyway won't I or can I leave it was is?
>
> You can leave it as it is.  While the 2xRAM is a good rule of thumb,
> you are not going to cause serious harm by breaking that rule.
>
> My main system currently has 384MB of RAM and 128MB of swap, and I haven't
> noticed any problems.. :)
>
>  - Matt
>
>