How the Size of swap Is Determined

If a profile does not explicitly specify the size of swap, JumpStart determines the size of the swap space based on the system's physical memory. Table 6-5 shows how the size of swap is determined during a custom JumpStart installation.

JumpStart makes the size of swap no more than 20 percent of the disk where it is located, unless there is free space left on the disk after laying out the other file systems. If free space exists, JumpStart allocates the free space to swap, and if possible, allocates the amount shown in Table 6-5.

Physical memory plus swap space must total a minimum of 32 Mbytes.