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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!panix!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!uunet!in3.uu.net!192.35.48.11!hearst.acc.Virginia.EDU!murdoch!watt.seas.Virginia.EDU!rcw2g From: rcw2g@watt.seas.Virginia.EDU (Rudi C. Wong) Subject: What is smallest swap file size possible? X-Nntp-Posting-Host: watt.seas.virginia.edu Message-ID: <E208FH.L68@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> Sender: usenet@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU Organization: University of Virginia Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 18:23:41 GMT Lines: 14 I've read that the general rule for allocating swap space is 2 x RAM. Is there any rule limiting the smallest possible swap file size? Does the swap file size have to be at least equal to the amount of RAM? Finally, is it possible to install FreeBSD with no swap space. The installation program insists on the allocation of swap space. Any way around this? If a machine had 64Megs of RAM, will FreeBSD run fine with 0 swap? The load is mostly light. Thanks in advance. -rudi