Jeffrey Lapinski
Active Member
Does the physical location of the swap partition on a drive matter?
Weren't we just talking about this (here)? It's kind of a good idea not to open new threads with the same issues.Does the physical location of the swap partition on a drive matter?
In the other thread, I took the opposite point of view. IMO, if you have plenty of RAM and you need swap... speed is not your concern, it's survival. It's time to save your work and reboot. If you also run out of swap space, your computer will crash... not fun when lots of work is suddenly lost, or if an important database gets corrupted. (Have we talked about the importance of backups? )If it tuns out that you do need it....at the beginning of the drive is usually considered better...because it will be accessed faster than if it were at the end.
Weren't we just talking about this (here)? It's kind of a good idea not to open new threads with the same issues.
It's okay... we don't let Wizard boil people in oil anymore!I’m sorry! I completely forgot about that thread!
we don't let Wizard boil people in oil anymore!
Go for it, if you wish. I'm at work on my phone tonight so I try not to do any heavy lifting.We could delete the other Thread, either of us, Stan. There is little at the other that is not being covered in more detail here.
And to clarify, is that Manjaro Cinnamon we are looking at and talking about in your Posts #5 and #6?
With 16 GB of RAM, you really should not need swap at all. If Manjaro or some distro seems to be unhappy without any swap, then just a small amount will probably satisfy it (2 GB or 4 GB). You may want to observe whether your system is, in fact, using any swap during operation. The top and htop commands can show you this in real time. Check it periodically. If you are, in fact, using swap.... I'd look long and hard at your RAM chips as one may be defective or failing.
We could delete the other Thread, either of us, Stan. There is little at the other that is not being covered in more detail here.
sudo nano /etc/fstab
sudo update-grub #which is a stub for a longer command
#or the longer command
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
...at the beginning of the drive is usually considered better...because it will be accessed faster than if it were at the end
Code:
sudo update-grub #which is a stub for a longer command
#or the longer command
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
In New Size (MiB) type 4096, then Tab, the Free Space Following should adjust its figures by a large amount