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>>>> I read on this list that the kernel needs *some* swap, even just a |
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>>>> tiny amount, to function properly. Is that true? If so, do you think |
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>>>> it would be OK to put this tiny amount of swap on a cheap SSD? |
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>>> I have no swap and things work just fine. (8 gigs of RAM) |
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>>> Obviously, running without swap increases the chances of you running |
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>>> out of memory, but that has never happened to me. |
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>> I've been setting up all of my systems according to this, creating a |
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>> 512MB swap partition: |
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>> http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?part=1&chap=4 |
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>> If I have 4GB RAM, all I'm accomplishing with swap is increasing this |
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>> to 4.5GB? If my system requires 4.6GB at some point, I'm in the same |
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>> position I would be in if I had no swap and 4.1GB requirement? |
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> As far as I understand it, correct. |
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What have you guys found to be the minimum RAM necessary for a Gentoo |
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system without swap that doesn't lock up? My laptop has 1GB RAM and |
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512MB swap, and when I disabled the swap the system locked up during |
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the first big emerge. I guess that means I need somewhere between 1GB |
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and 1.5GB. I'd say it's a pretty normal laptop/workstation. |
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- Grant |
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