SWAP formatting is not working

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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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ispyisail wrote:I suspect that manual deleting the drive format I could fix the problem but I suspect others will have this problem in the future?
yes, but it is very strange that only partition on the HDD is sda5.
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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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not clear for me. why swap needed for Gargoyle? could someone describe for me please?

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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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ViBE wrote:not clear for me. why swap needed for Gargoyle? could someone describe for me please?
https://www.gargoyle-router.com/wiki/do ... =swap_file
There are some applications and network situations that may require the need for more RAM, like DLNA file indexing, Tor or disk checks. There are a couple of options of upgrading RAM, via soldering or using a SWAP partition on a USB thumb drive.[...]
was looking for this right now and found it, supposed will be good to post it for future questions :)
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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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now i have another question. i will use my external HDD for download. but i don't understand one thing. why the hell 18GB swap needed? it's a 2TB drive and i guess 18GB is absolutely useless but Gargolye force it when format. why?

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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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ViBE wrote:now i have another question. i will use my external HDD for download. but i don't understand one thing. why the hell 18GB swap needed? it's a 2TB drive and i guess 18GB is absolutely useless but Gargolye force it when format. why?
It doesn't force it, it only suggests a certain percentage of available memory. You may edit that number and set it to some sensible value like 1GB or less.


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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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ektus wrote:
ViBE wrote:now i have another question. i will use my external HDD for download. but i don't understand one thing. why the hell 18GB swap needed? it's a 2TB drive and i guess 18GB is absolutely useless but Gargolye force it when format. why?
It doesn't force it, it only suggests a certain percentage of available memory. You may edit that number and set it to some sensible value like 1GB or less.


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yes it allows to set but it does not allow me to use under 1%. so if i set 0,55% which is 1GB it will force to use 1% as swap.

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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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ViBE wrote: yes it allows to set but it does not allow me to use under 1%. so if i set 0,55% which is 1GB it will force to use 1% as swap.
Try 0.55% (dot instead of comma or vice versa)


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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

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ektus wrote:
ViBE wrote: yes it allows to set but it does not allow me to use under 1%. so if i set 0,55% which is 1GB it will force to use 1% as swap.
Try 0.55% (dot instead of comma or vice versa)


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i do of course. i use comma here just because i'm hungarian.

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Re: SWAP formatting is not working

Post by ViBE »

I solved this via PC. Connected the drive then resized with gparted. Much easier for me. But this is an issue that Gargoyle don't let the user to go under 1% while HDD's capacity grows day by day. It's a waste of free space.

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