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Path: sserve!euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.uwa.edu.au!classic.iinet.com.au!news.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!in2.uu.net!mr.net!news.mr.net!usenet From: srose@mr.net (Steve Rose) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How many swap for FreeBSD ?? Date: Tue, 01 Aug 1995 20:48:45 GMT Organization: mr.net Lines: 18 Message-ID: <3vm0gl$pqi@news.mr.net> References: <3v84si$8n0@news.ust.hk> <3vh3oj$q0v@blob.best.net> <3vipqp$suj@news.Belgium.EU.net> <3vjoh5$3gs@blob.best.net> <3vjq9m$h63@cronkite.seas.gwu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: msp1-16.nas.mr.net X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 dobrien@seas.gwu.edu (David O'Brien) wrote: >But, FreeBSD'ers seem to run anywhere from 8meg-64meg. So the 2*RAM >doesn't help much. What would be nice, like suggested above, for people >to give their experiences rather than an "play with it your self". >Re-partitioning a disk can be a real pain when you have real data on it. >A "I run X, and ususally two copies of gcc, and rn at the same time with >N amount of swap" would be nice. I run X using the Mach_64, on mine, I have 20mb physical and 50mb swap. Typically run fvwm with 3-4 xterms, ppp connection, xmh, Netscape, maybe news or an ftp session. Haven't had any problems yet.