On Mon, 25 Jan 1999, Jay Prince wrote:
>
> I want to build a "dickless" linux box- aka a Linux box without a disk.
> I intend to use flash for my primary storage device and have some good
> ram capacity.
>
> So, what happens to the swap partition? Can I build an kernal that
> doesn't use swap, or will I have to make a ram disk that is my swap? By
> definition the ram disk has to be smaller than the availible ram area, so
> it seems kinda pointless.....b ut I don't want to be swapping out to
> flash-- it will wear out eventually.
The kernel does not *need* swap. You can run without it, just
make shure you have enuf memory. Figure the max the box will ever user,
give it a little more.
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