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xnevergiveinx
03-12-2006, 04:30 PM
i replaced one of my drives, the b drive, in my series 2. now i have 450 gigs. i think i only enabled a swap size of 127 mb though. heres a pic
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/dorkultra/DSCN0838.jpg

how would i go about changing it if i need to? also, can it be changed without me losing all my recordings? it was a pain in the but reloading all of them from my pc last time.
thanks

mick66
03-12-2006, 04:47 PM
With 450 GB of recording capacity it's recommended that you should have a swap partition of at least 225MB.

bnm81002
03-12-2006, 05:08 PM
I'll ask here as well, what about a 300GB drive, should I use a swap size of -150 or would -127 be good enough? I'm replacing the original drive with the 300GB drive as well, thanks

JamieP
03-12-2006, 05:55 PM
There are two schools of thought outlined here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3825639&&#post3825639).

bnm81002
03-12-2006, 06:06 PM
There are two schools of thought outlined here (http://www.tivocommunity.com/tivo-vb/showthread.php?p=3825639&&#post3825639).



I saw that post by you, good information by the way, so if I'm using a brand new 300GB drive a swap size of (-127) should be good enough where I shouldn't encounter the "GSOD" correct? I'm upgrading my Philips DSR704 using the weaknees guide and not the Hinsdale guide, should be no problem right? thanks

xnevergiveinx
03-12-2006, 09:47 PM
hmm, interesting, thanks for the links. i'll just leave it alone and see what happens. i have my backup and i save the programs i want to my computer