Remember, you don't neec to actually repartition in orddr to get use
of your memory or increase swap.  It's perfectly legal to swap to a file
while you're preparing to do a repartition, or, if you don't want to do one
for a while, don't repartition at all.  Under NetBSD, It's not that
inefficient to swap to a file, it's just that you can't dump a core image
to a file.
-Brian
On Sep 4, 11:18pm, Richard Rauch wrote:
} Subject: Swap sizes vs. physical memory.
} I currently have a default-sized swap partition (i.e., 4x my physical
} memory).  I am thinking of dropping in some more memory---which should
} give me more than 4x my current memory.  (I don't need that much memory,
} but if I'm going to upgrade, I might as well put in ``enough'' to last a
} while.)
} 
} My understanding is that total virtual memory is essentially equal to
} physical RAM + swap-size.  Correct?  And, although a swap-size of approx.
} 4x physical memory is recommended, there's no particular condition on the
} size of the swap paritition.  Correct?
} 
} (I.e., I don't want to, at this time, repartition my system just because
} I'm increasing my memory---and I would like to get _some_ benefit from my
} current swap partition, even though it will be smaller than physical
} memory.)
} 
} 
} Thanks in advance for any help.
} 
} 
}   "I probably don't know what I'm talking about."  --rkr@rkr.kcnet.com
} 
>-- End of excerpt from Richard Rauch