Installation?

[Knute Johnson]

On 03/09/2011 11:43 AM, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Knute Johnson<ubuntu at knutejohnson.com>  wrote:
>> I just installed 10.10 desktop and I'm not sure if I got a swap partition.
>>   Should I have a swap partition?  How do I tell for sure whether I do?
>>
> Run 'df.'
>
> Whether or not you "should" have a swap partition depends on how much
> memory you have and how much disk accessing your system does on a
> regular basis.
>
> Technically, even if you "need" swap space, you can create a swap file
> if there's no partition.
>


I usually install Xubuntu and I've always ended up with a swap partition.

Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/sdb1             73874656   6571380  63550624  10% /
none                    506436       268    506168   1% /dev
none                    512040       112    511928   1% /dev/shm
none                    512040        80    511960   1% /var/run
none                    512040         0    512040   0% /var/lock

I don't remember for sure but I thought it showed up in the df output 
before.

Thanks,

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Knute Johnson
ubuntu at knutejohnson.com