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To: <redhat-list@redhat.com> From: "Jesus Ortega (a.k.a. Nitebirdz)" <nitebirdz@qwest.net> Subject: Re: Red Hat 7.2: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2001 20:29:49 -0600 (CST) On Mon, 26 Nov 2001, Jason Costomiris wrote: > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 10:09:30AM -0500, Edward C. Bailey wrote: > : As one of the people involved in drafting the 7.2 release notes, there was > : a fair bit of discussion on this subject while the release notes were being > : written. The bottom line is that it's possible to come up with examples > : and counter-examples showing why 2xRAM swap is necessary or not. > > 2xRAM is a must, IMHO. Why? You need enough space to dump physical > memory to so you can write a crashdump to the disk for later examination. > > However, this only applies if you installed the kernel debuggers and tools that will save those core files... I just thought it was important to point this out since the default kernel does not come configured with these tools to the best of my knowledge. ===