new memory = more swap?

[Aaron Konstam]

On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 09:20:56PM +0200, thedogfarted wrote:
> I doubt you need to increase swap unless you already experience a lack 
> of swap space. I have 512M RAM and only 256M swap space, but i've never 
> had more that 50% of swap space used.
> 
> Craig Thomas wrote:
> >I have 256MB ram and a 502MB swap, and want to increase to 384MB ram, [i
> >know, i know it's an old machine].  I've read in the RH manual and else
> >where that double the amount of ram is "right".  If I want more swap but
> >don't have any unpartitioned space left, what are my options?  (I do,
> >however, have lots of free space on my drive).
> >
> >TIA
> >
> >-Craig
> >
We seem to be in a size war. 512MB of Ram makes a big difference over
256MB of Ram. Again the speed of the processor makes a difference. 
Also how much you have installed.
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