> > 2) To use apmd, do I need to maintain a swap partition? Indeed, should I > > ALWAYS maintain a swap partition on this simple setup (which is running > > fine)? I was hoping to get away without one (currently b: is undefined). > > Swap partition is optional, as long as you have enough RAM to do what > you want.
The swap partition is also where the kernel writes useful memory dumps if it panics, so that savecore(8) can extract it on the next boot.
