Re: what would be happen if swap partition is not?

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On Fri, Jul 03, 2009 at 09:37:17AM -0400, Robert Heller wrote:
> At Fri, 3 Jul 2009 12:46:34 +0000 CentOS mailing list <centos@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello, all.
> > 
> > I know the function of the swap and can make swap partion or file. 
> > 
> > But, if there is no swap partion at system, what would be happen?
> > 
> > that makes the system unstable or not?
> > 
> > I have one system that has no swap, but there was no problem until now.
> 
> A swap partition is not essential to system operation so long as you
> have enough RAM.  Most modern systems have more then enough RAM and can
> probably live without a swap partition .
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In fact, my eeepc has 2 gigs ram and no swap. runs just fine. the only
other thing I lose due to having no swap is the ability to hibernate.

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