Subject: Re: Swap sizes vs. physical memory.
To: None <prlw1@cam.ac.uk>
From: Richard Rauch <rkr@rkr.kcnet.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/05/1999 13:57:57
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> > Hm.  Ouch.  That's what I was afraid of.  I really didn't want to
 [...]
> > My hope was that that meant that I could have arbitrarily small swap
 [...]
> I have been running a computer with less swap than memory with no ill
> effect, so "go for it!". As Brett mentioned, I did have to increase
> swap once on another computer to fiddle with core dumps, but they aren't
> to be expected..

Ah, okay.  Thanks for the solid, first-hand confirmation.  I was beginning
to fret a little.  (^&

Now it's just a matter of finding the right price on the memory...


Thanks again (to all who replied).


  "I probably don't know what I'm talking about."  --rkr@rkr.kcnet.com