swap size with 32GB ram and SSD

[wolverine96]

I am installing Arch Linux on my system, and I was simply wondering how big I should make my swap partition. I have 32GB of RAM and a 256GB SSD. I know I will never max out my RAM, so the only time I would ever use the swap partition would be if I was hibernating the computer.

I am thinking of using 4GB or so. Does this sound okay, or should I just skip the whole swap partition altogether?

Thanks in advance for your time!

 

[ex_bubblehead]

I wouldn't disable paging altogether but 1-2GB just in case wouldn't be a bad idea. I run Gentoo on 8GB with a 4GB swap partition and rarely use more than1.5GB of it when compiling LibreOffice.

 

[wolverine96]

Thanks! I'll go with 4GB then.

LOL, I just found out (the hard way) that you need an EFI partition, too. Is that what I would install GRUB to?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

Thanks! I'll go with 4GB then.

LOL, I just found out (the hard way) that you need an EFI partition, too. Is that what I would install GRUB to?

Yup, that's the one

 

[wolverine96]

Um, so after finally getting GRUB installed, I rebooted the computer, and was greeted with the dreaded GRUB boot prompt. At least something happens this time. I am following this guide. I'll have to take another look tomorrow.

 

[skittle]

Gummiboot easier than GRUB

btw if you are going to be using ArchLinux you need to be able to know how to fix a broken GRUB configuration. It is just the nature of Arch that somethings may break from time to time.

 

[wolverine96]

Okay, thanks. I will keep Gummiboot in mind, but I hope to be able to stick with GRUB.

Could the problem be my ESP partition being too small? It is 512MiB, which is the minimum, according to the guide. I will try a complete re-install for now.

 

[wolverine96]

Yes!

I am now greeted with a sleek and rather stealthy black screen with a white login prompt. I missed a couple of things in the manual, and I had incorrectly mounted the EFI partition.

Thank you, ex_bubblehead and skittle!