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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You can actually make a swap file and use
that as additional swap space, thereby eliminating the need for adding another
partition<span class=GramE>..</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>However if you added more memory, you
really don’t need additional swap space (arguably you need less swap space)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>You didn’t mention how much swap space you
had<span class=GramE>..my</span> rule normally is:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>< 128M memory, swap space = 2*memory
size<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>> 256M, swap space = memory size<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>-Mark<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> owner-nflug@nflug.org
[mailto:owner-nflug@nflug.org] <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Cyber
Source<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:27
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> nflug@nflug.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: RAM upgrade.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>It won't do it automatically and you will have to
repartition the hard drive to make a larger partition for it to use, you will
then need to run mkswapon command. You could, if you have access to them ( i
have some here in the shop) use a small say 500mb disk drive and use it
entirely for the swap partition ( you will need to make the change in your
/etc/fstab file, as well as running the mkswapon command after<br>
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 20:44, David Mangani wrote: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'> </span>I recently upgraded the ram in my desktop from 128MB to 256MB ( much less <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'>disk thrashing ). I am Running RH9 and was simply wondering, does RH pick up <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'>this change and adjust the swap size or do I need to do that manually <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'>somehow.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
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style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'>TIA<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></pre><pre
style='margin-left:.5in'><i><font size=3 color="#737373" face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#737373;font-style:italic'>Dave</span></font></i><o:p></o:p></pre>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'>-- <br>
Cyber Source <<a href="mailto:peter@thecybersource.com">peter@thecybersource.com</a>>
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