On Fri, Apr 03, 1998 at 01:33:24PM -0500, Nebu John Mathai wrote: > > Is there any performance loss to making swapfiles (large ones), as opposed > to having a static swap partition? > Will it (this may sound silly, but my hard drive is old too ... 1993) > increase the wear and tear on my hard drive?
Yes - with a swap partition you only need to ensure that you write to the correct parts. With a swap-file you have to deal with the filesystem too - e.g. ensuring that the "last modification" date is correct must take a fair bit of time for a swap-file! Adrian email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Debian Linux - www.debian.org http://www.poboxes.com/adrian.bridgett | 2.0 release soon - over 1800 PGP key available on public key servers | packages on a stable OS -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
