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Les Myer @ Hotmail wrote:
>
> Does BL3 automatically use my swap partition, 
> or do I need to set that up?

To activate swap do the following:
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swapon /dev/hda2
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Execute 'free' to confirm swap is working.

If there is some problem, it probably means your
swap partition has not been formatted.  To format
it, do the following:
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mkswap /dev/hda2
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WARNING: before you do the above, make sure your swap
partition is actually located at /dev/hda2.  To check
do the following:
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fdisk -l
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Normally swap is activated automatically at system
startup.  You can do this by putting the swapon line
in /etc/rc.

> I only have 12MB on this old Compaq LTE Lite 4/33C 
> notebook and I think BL3 could probably benefit from 
> a swap file.  What do you think?

I agree.  I have a laptop with 12mb RAM and I use a 24mb
swap partition on it.  That works well (even for running 
X applications).  If you are short of HD space, you can 
get by with less swap, but try to make it at least 12mb 
(the same size as your RAM).  

Cheers,
Steven

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