does kernel 2.4.* need swap ? 1

[Themuppeteer]

Hello,

I wonder if it is obligated to have swap in kernel versions 2.4.* ?
Greetz,

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[Annihilannic]

No, my 2.4.19 system boots and runs quite happily without swap, and only 64MB of physical RAM. Annihilannic.

 

[Themuppeteer]

Are you running XFree86 ? Greetz,

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[Annihilannic]

Not by default, no.

I start it when I need it. Annihilannic.

 

[Themuppeteer]

And that works fine I presume.
I was just wondering if 2.4.* kernels needed swap because my linux doesn't have swap and freezes and crashes when I'm running XFree86 from the moment that I mount my flash.
(see my thread about linux that freezes. Feel free to read it )
If I enable swap,then it does not crash,only the tty freezes
but I can still use the other ones.

thnx for your help. Greetz,

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[Morsing]

What does "not by default" mean?
Only OS's that uses eraly page space allocation need paging space (swap). Linux has never needed a swap area but it's a good thing to have.

Cheers Henrik Morsing
IBM Certified AIX 4.3 Systems Administration

 

[Annihilannic]

"Not by default" was an answer to Themuppeteer's question about whether I run XFree86; all I meant was that is that I have my Linux system set up to boot to text/console mode, and only start XFree86 manually when I want to use it. Annihilannic.