When I first installed my CentOS system the machine had only 1 GB. the swap memory was set to 2 GB Now the machine has 4 GB but swap is still 2 GB. With that much memory maybe it doesn't matter, but it sure looks odd. Is there any way to change it? Thanks, John -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities
On 07/06/11 5:40 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:> When I first installed my CentOS system the machine had only 1 GB. the > swap memory was set to 2 GB Now the machine has 4 GB but swap is still 2 > GB. With that much memory maybe it doesn't matter, but it sure looks > odd. Is there any way to change it? >add another swap extent via the swapon(8) command. but, 2gb is plenty of swap for a 4gb system, anyone who insists on swap >= physical memory is smoking something left over from the 1970s. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast