Subject: re: requests install advice (partitions): Wallstreet PBG3 233, YDL2.1
From: Paul J. Lucas (pauljlucas@mac.com)
Date: Sat Jan 12 2002 - 23:36:49 MST
On Sat, 12 Jan 2002, Timothy A. Seufert wrote:
> The maximum swap partition size depends on what kernel version and which
> processor family you use. 256MB was the limit with older PPC kernels. That
> limit is long gone. Current kernels can have very large swap partitions,
> something like 2GB on PPC I think.
Anything over 256MB means you really need more physical RAM.
128MB is just fine for most situations. Having swap is
protection against temporary temporary high-memory use. If you
have sufficient RAM, you can even turn swap off.
- Paul
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