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Old 01-04-2002
Question Linux Swap Partition
How big do I set the swap partition when i'm setting up my hard drive to install RedHat. (Using Partition Magic)
thanks!
primal
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Old 01-07-2002
There are a lot of theories on how big you should make you swap partition. Some say 2x your RAM, some say 3x your RAM. It also depends on how big your RAM is.
If it is 256Mb then I would choose 2x RAM = 512 Mb
If it is 512 Mb I would make it 512 Mb.

It also depends on what you want to use your system for.
Are you using GNOME or KDE? Are you gonna play games?
All these things determine the size for your swap partition.
512 Mb does usually do the trick.

Good luck
Last edited by cns; 01-07-2002 at 03:34 AM..
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Old 01-07-2002
If you have 256MB or more of RAM your swap partition does not need to be any larger than the RAM...... anything large is a waste of disk space that will never be utilized by the swapping algorithm.
 
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