INstallation Questions

[Mark Phillips]

Mandrake 8.2 uses kernel 2.4.18. So what is "more than twice physical 
memory"? I have 261,560 KB of RAM - 2x is 523,120 KB, so should I set it at 
530, 550, 600 MB? Does it really matter?

Mark Phillips
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-----Original Message-----
From:	David Mandala [SMTP:davidm@them.com]
Sent:	Monday, March 17, 2003 4:03 PM
To:	Plug
Subject:	Re: INstallation Questions

If Mandrake 8.2 is using a 2.4.x kernel then you need at least 2x the
swap space as installed RAM if not more. If it's using a 2.2.x kernel
then 1x the swap space as installed RAM.

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 15:56, Mark Phillips wrote:
> I have a laptop with Win2K installed. I want to resize the primary
> partition to add Linux (Mandrake 8.2).
>
> 1. How big should I make the swap space? I will have 2-3 users, and will
> use the machine as a Java development machine running tomcat and j2ee 
apps.
>
> 2. Any hidden gotchas I should know about before I partition the drive? I 
> am using PartitionMagic to add a new logical partition for Linux to the
> single primary partition that has Win2k
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mark Phillips
> Phillips Marketing, Inc.
> mark@phillipsmarketing.biz
> 480 945-0798
> 480 945-9197 fax
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