<span id="result_box" class="" lang="en"><span class="hps">Hello</span> <span class="hps">Enrico</span><span>,</span><br><br><span class="hps">I do not know</span> <span class="hps">how</span> <span class="hps">this is still</span> <span class="hps">important</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">but I learned from</span> <span class="hps">Master</span> <span class="hps">Carlos</span> <span class="hps">Morimoto</span> <span class="hps">that formatting</span> <span class="hps">the hard disk</span> <span class="hps">is</span> <span class="hps">advisable to do a</span> <span class="hps">swap area</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">On a computer with</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">scarce</span> <span class="hps">memory</span><span class="">,</span> <span class="hps">it</span> <span class="hps">seems</span> <span class="hps">quite reasonable</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">I usually</span> <span class="hps">format the hard drive</span> <span class="hps">with 3</span> <span class="hps">partitions: one</span> <span class="hps">for the system</span> <span class="hps">partition</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span>/</span><span>)</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">an area of</span> <span class="hps atn">exchange (</span><span>swap</span><span>)</span> <span class="hps">and a</span> <span class="hps">partition for</span> <span class="hps">/home</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">So</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">even if you need</span> <span class="hps">to reinstall</span> <span class="hps">the system</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps">do not</span> <span class="hps">modify</span> <span class="hps">my files and</span> <span class="hps">not</span> <span class="hps">my</span> <span class="hps">settings</span> <span class="hps atn">(</span><span class="">hidden folders</span> <span class="hps">such as.</span> <span class="hps">/</span>c<span class="hps">onfig</span><span>)</span><span>.</span> <span class="hps">The size of the</span> <span class="hps">swap area</span> <span class="hps">varies</span><span>,</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">but I think</span> <span class="hps">1024</span> <span class="hps">Kb</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">could</span> <span class="hps alt-edited">be a good choice</span><span class="">.<br>
<br>Regards,<br><br>Mario Tavares<br>Porto Alegre, Brazil<br>Xubuntu 12.20<br></span></span>