On 10/3/05, Libin Varghese <libinv@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > My question is why do we need the swap partition? > > I seem to be asking the wrong group, I will really appreciate if anyone > could give me the mail id for the linux setup mailing list. > Swap space is used for virtual memory for user space programs along-with the RAM present in the system ..... You can check this link .... (Although its topic is How much Swap we need ? but will make things clear for you) http://aplawrence.com/SCOFAQ/FAQ_scotec9swap_needed.html -- Fawad Lateef -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/
