On Thursday 25 March 2004 11:09 am, Matt Morgan wrote:
Is it still also true, though, that swap should at a minimum = RAM (this is knowledge that dates back to early versions of SCO, which was weird anyway, I know)?
That recommendation was given because in case of a panic the kernel will attempt to dump it's memory to swap for later examination.
As far as I know the linux kernel still does this; I'll try to find out from someone who definitely knows.
So you want at least as much swap as memory if you're ever going to look at a dump after a panic.
Jeff