Hi everyone! What is the "Swap" partition? Why does it need it? Will 2gb be enough? Thanks!



--Daniel L

You need to explain what you are talking about.

Which linux distro are you using?

How big is the H.D that you are using?

Hi everyone! What is the "Swap" partition? Why does it need it? Will 2gb be enough? Unix/Linux Swap partition has the same usage
as the windows pagefile.sys; Pages of real memory are moved to/fro as needed.

The normal setup for a Swap partition is 2x real ram installed, but not more than
3x. You need a separate partition as it has its own formatting requirements

Thanks for the help!



Twite, it is a 15 GB HD partitioned at 13 and 2 GB. (Compaq Standard)
And the installed OS is UBUNTU.





--Daniel L

You can also use a swapfile no problem if you don't want to waste disk space on a dedicated partition. The performance difference is nonexistent unless you plan on doing very heavy swapping. 2GB of swap is more than enough for any sane use.

There's a wonderful invention called Google (http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=define+swap+partition+linux&btnG=Google+Search&meta=). You should try it.

http://www.bellevuelinux.org/swap_space.html

1 time you grfx-memory is often also fine, more the 2x is wasted..
google your Distributon Userforum !!