Oh, so that's where that old nugget of wisdom came from! I've heard the rule about making your swap at least 2x your RAM for ages and thought it was just some old rule of thumb from the 80s. I didn't know there used to be a legitimate reason for it.
See this retrocomputing.SE question https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/32492/ori...
See this retrocomputing.SE question https://retrocomputing.stackexchange.com/questions/32492/ori...