Partition Question

[Stephen Partington]

Yes, but based on my usage I have no need for swap at all so why create a
swap and then swappiness settings, when i can just skip it. I don't really
do dev work, which is where swap can be really good because it will give
you some buffer in case of runaway processes.

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 9:08 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> did you know you can reduce the tendency of swap usage with something
> called swappiness? I'm sure I'm explaining it wrong so you will need to
> research it more. Here are the notes I took regarding it:
>
> sudo vi /etc/sysctl.conf
> --add at the bottom of that text file--
> #
> # Reduce the swap tendency
> vm.swappiness = 10
>
>
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:57 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Lol,
>>
>> With a mechanical drive i would give it a token bit of swap, but with an
>> SSD i am more interested in reducing write cycles.
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 8:55 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> no swap? Come on..... you ONLY have 16 GB of RAM.
>>>
>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Stephen Partington <
>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My normal partition setup is usually /boot of about 1-2GB (excessive
>>>> but i have run out of boot space before and it was ugly) and / and for
>>>> mechanical HDD's 2-6gb swap depending on use/ram availability, for my
>>>> recent install i have no swap and 16gb ram and running linux on an ssd.
>>>>
>>>> space used in home i would take a peek at how much "stuf" you have
>>>> stashed there. and plan accordingly, but 20GB overall is usually enough for
>>>> Linux depending on where you install/put things.
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jan 26, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Stephen M <smelheim85 at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi All,
>>>>>
>>>>> I need to reinstall a new OS on my laptop because Mint 17.1 keeps
>>>>> having trouble downloading packages sometimes.  Mostly it says that 'a
>>>>> template for "rebecca" could not be found.'  So the release is just having
>>>>> growing pains.
>>>>>
>>>>> Onto my question though, I want to install something else but want to
>>>>> know about partitioning my drive.  I have not gotten into LVMs so I need to
>>>>> read up on those before trying.  I know that it depends but I would like
>>>>> some options.  I have a 250 GB drive, I am wanting to make a separate /,
>>>>> home, var, tmp, and usr directories. I am looking for a possible percentage
>>>>> of whats best works for a home computer more or less.
>>>>>
>>>>> If someone doesn't mind giving me an insight that would be helpful.
>>>>> Usually I have done 5-10GB for / and 2GB for swap and the rest for home.  I
>>>>> want to see what others have tried in the past that has worked for them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Stephen Melheim
>>>>> 602-400-7707
>>>>> SMelheim85 at gmail.com
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Stephen
>>>>
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>>
>> Stephen
>>
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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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