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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:13645 comp.os.linux:57416 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!MathWorks.Com!yeshua.marcam.com!zip.eecs.umich.edu!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!gumby!yale!yale.edu!noc.near.net!newshost.williams.edu!newshost.williams.edu!csedore From: csedore@parasite.cc.williams.edu (Christopher M Sedore) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Subject: Re: Swap partition size? Date: 25 Mar 1994 16:33:15 GMT Organization: Williams College, Williamstown, MA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <CSEDORE.94Mar25113315@parasite.cc.williams.edu> References: <1994Mar8.141900.2906@wubios.wustl.edu> <2lk1jm$aor@simpson-01.cs.strath.ac.uk> <CMK8E9.EM5@eskimo.com> <1994Mar17.032150.2147@dde.dk> <1994Mar24.161735.2609@physchem.ox.ac.uk> <michaelv.764539942@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: parasite.cc.williams.edu In-reply-to: michaelv@iastate.edu's message of 24 Mar 94 20:12:22 GMT >I just created a 32MB swap partition, I did mkswap and it reported 32MB, Are you sure you didn't just create a 32768 *block* partition? Blocksize is (generally) 512 bytes, or 1/2 a kilobyte. 32768 blocks would equal 16384 megabytes. >but when I did swapon, it only reported 16380k. Is this talking about WORDS >or BYTES? ^k or meg? Me things you had a temporary mental block. 16384 megabytes would be a rather large of swap (16 GB). 16384k==16meg. So, it is a 32768 block partition at 512 bytes (or .5k) per block. Total swap space = 37268/2 = 16MB, a fine swap space. A 16k or 32k swap partition would be worthless. ;-) That it would. -Chris Chris Sedore Williams College