Subject: Re: sysinst on boot-tiny.fs works until swap problem...
To: Mike Cheponis <mac@Wireless.Com>
From: Eric Fox <eric@fox.phoenix.az.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 08/05/1999 05:46:02
On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Mike Cheponis wrote:
> 
> I did the "rule of thumb" which is that swap space = actual RAM, or 4 MB.
> 
> I didn't see any particular comment in the install.html document saying
> that swap needed to be some particular size, but apparently, it needs to be
> somewhat greater than 4 MB.
> 

Hmmm... I was under the impression that the general rule of thumb for swap
was 1.5 to 2 times your actual RAM.  For low RAM systems, I wouldn't use
any less than twice your RAM.

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