Anything over 512Mb is good.

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 17:07, Mark Phillips wrote:
> 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?
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Mandala [SMTP:davidm@them.com]
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> 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
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