On Sun, 01 Jun 1997 12:32:14 PDT Robert de Forest ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> By default most linux distributions request and almost require that the > user setup a swap partition. What is the advantage of swapping to a > partition rather than swapping to a file? In my machine I have a /swap > directory. As needed I can create files in this directory using dd as > per the mkswap manpage and then swap on that. Speed: going through the filesystem for a potentially non-contiguous swap area is way slower than swapping to a partition... > I've been thinking of setting up a background task to watch `free` to > see if I need more or less swapspace and automatically add or remove it > as necessary. Since I have 64M of ram this hasn't been a big priority, > just something I thought would be fun. This already exists. It's not debianized yet and is called swapd (look on sunsite). Phil. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .