On Jan 22, 2009, at 11:39 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > Kai Schaetzl wrote: >> Ralph Angenendt wrote on Thu, 22 Jan 2009 10:31:20 +0100: >> >> >>> You need a combined(!) 768MB of RAM and Swap to successfully install >>> CentOS 5.2 (see the release notes). >>> >> >> in graphics mode. > > And really it is a performance question as long as you have 256M of > real > memory, the rest swap. Since I always make my swap > 2xRAM, I am > always > installing on a system with at least 768Mb combined. > > I do not like the DIsk Druid default of putting the swap drive into > the > LVM partition. I always redo the partitions so that swap is its own > partition. Why is that? Old school habit or is there a real benefit? Swap performance should be equally good whether it be raw disk, raw partition, LVM logical volume or even a flat file on today's kernels, but maybe there is something I am unaware of. -Ross