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From: tgingric@magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu (Tyler S Gingrich)
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Subject: Swap space with extra memory
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Date: 12 Feb 91 15:51:53 GMT
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I would like to expand the memory on my slab to 20Mb.  I realize that 2times
your main memory is a good 'rule-of-thumb' for swap space, but I don't have
the free disk space for this.

  Q1) Does SR2.0 automatically grab 2xMainMemory for swap when the system
      boots??

  Q2) If not, how do you control the standard swap space amount.

  Q3) Would it be 'BAD' to have 20Mb of MainMemory and a 20Mb swap space??

  Q4) How do you force the system to give up swap space? (mine came with
      16Mb swap & now my swap is at 20Mb) -- I thought the swap would be
      minimized when you powered-off/powered-on, but it doesn't seem to work
      this way.

Tyler