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A swap partition like in Linux or AmigaOS 4.1 isn't neccessary in OS X, it handles is virtual memory in a different way - but don't ask me how. Windows wants about the 1.5x so much virtual memory as real memory, for this a file called C:/pagefile.sys is used. But I don't know if this is effective - I'm running XP in Parallels virtual memory disabled and it works fine.
You should leave enough free space on your boot partition. That's why I'm using multiple harddisks, the boot partition is only for applications and system data, including virtual memory. It's also safer, if you storing your personal data on another harddisk it is possible to reinstall your system without big data loss. If your board doesn't have enough harddisk connectors, buy a small SATA controller card with the SiliconImage SiI3112 chip, this one is supported by MacOS X.
2 Opteron systems: OSx86 10.5.8, Andy's 9.8.0 kernel, Asus A8N-SLI Premium, Opteron 185 o'clocked @ 2 x 2,95 GHz (2nd system 2.6 GHz), ATI Radeon HD2600XT 256MB Dual-Monitor 2x HP L2035, 4 GB RAM, Griffin FireWave as main audio device, Marvell + nForce LAN, Asus U3S6 USB3/SATA6 card, 5,5 TB harddisk, Firewire 800 card, Apple Remote + eHome IR receiver, 2x Wacom serial graphics tablet, Canon Pixma iP4700, Logitech Internet Navigator wireless keyboard/mouse combination.
My Audio stuff: M-Audio Transit USB (default audio), M-Audio ProFire 610, M-Audio ProFire Lightbridge (34 channels) using Creamware A16 ADAT converter • MIDI: M-Audio Midiman 4x MIDI interface • Behringer Audio Mixers: Xenyx 1002, Xenyx 1002FX, Xenyx 1202FX, Eurorack UB1002FX, Eurorack MX1804FX, Eurorack MX262A • FX devices: Lexicon MPX100 DSP, Behringer DSP-1000 Virtualizer, Behringer MiniFEX 800 DSP, Behringer Multicom Pro MDX4400 compressor • RETRO: MSSIAH midi/sequencer/synthesizer cardridge for the C64 (Dual-SID), Steinberg M.S.I. MIDI Interface for C64
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