[arch-general] Install wiki - recommendations regarding 'swap' ?

[David C. Rankin]

On 08/04/2012 11:11 PM, rafael ff1 wrote:
> 2012/8/5 gt <static.vortex at gmx.com>:
>> On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 08:46:05PM -0500, David C. Rankin wrote:
>>> All,
>>>
>>>   After installing without AIF, I want to update the install wiki to drop a note
>>> about swap. It isn't addressed at all. What is the current Arch recommendation
>>> regarding swap creation? I.E.: recommended for systems w/less that 1G of RAM,
>>> create swap file of what size? (256M?) Even if swap is not recommended, I at
>>> least want to drop that note in the basic install. Thanks.
>>
>> As others on this thread have elaborated, it comes down to the
>> individual's need. I don't think any distro can dictate about the need
>> of a swap or not.
> 
> I almost don't use swap as my RAM can handle my needs. But, just in
> case, I set swap partition to 1,5x my RAM capacity.
> 

Scott, C, gt, Rafel,

  Thank you for all you comments. I'll drop a note in the wiki that captures a
brief set of these considerations and the few steps needed to set up a swap if
the user desires.

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David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.