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Phixion

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Registered: 2006-08-03

Posts: 13

Swap partition size?

Hi there, I'm about to install Arch using this quick install guide: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Qui … troduction

The only question I really have is how big should I make my swap partition? I've heard it should be 1.5x your memory? So with 1GB memory I should make it a 1.5GB swap partition, does this sound ok?

Many thanks.

edit: also, which image should I be grabbing? arch-0.7.2-base.iso or arch-0.7.2.iso? I want as much control over whats installed as possible, but then again I don't want it to be too complicated to get GNOME up and running.

murffatksig

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From: Atl

Registered: 2004-05-17

Posts: 358

Re: Swap partition size?

I've also heard double your memory.  Right now, I'm installed on a 10gig partition so I wanted to save space and made my swap space the same size as memory.  Works fine.

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byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: Swap partition size?

Some opinions (the 'right one' doesn't exist) regarding swap: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=27483

The ISO you should get: ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/other/0.8/i686/ … 6-i686.iso

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Phixion

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Registered: 2006-08-03

Posts: 13

Re: Swap partition size?

OK many thanks for the help guys

_adam_

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From: Dora, Alabama

Registered: 2006-05-18

Posts: 94

Re: Swap partition size?

i have gig of ram, and only have 512 megs of swap and its hardly ever touched at all.

T-Dawg

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From: Charlotte, NC

Registered: 2005-01-29

Posts: 2,736

Re: Swap partition size?

We already have two active threads running concurrently about this now. Please collaborate together about it here as it will be more beneficial to everyone:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?t=27483