Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-25 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: Without additional information I see no reason to change the current text. In what circumstances would it be better to use a swap file over a swap partition and why? Maybe only change the text a bit, to add a short information, that in some situations

Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 25 October 2009, Holger Wansing wrote: Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: Without additional information I see no reason to change the current text. In what circumstances would it be better to use a swap file over a swap partition and why? Maybe only change the text a bit, to

Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-24 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 19 October 2009, Maximiliano Curia wrote: El 19/10/2009 a las 13:57 escribiste: Hi, in lenny installation guide C.1 [1] we can read : By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much more efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a regular file as

Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-19 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, in lenny installation guide C.1 [1] we can read : By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much more efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a regular file as swap, but it is not recommended. But it is like not true anymore [2] (in some circunstances at

Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-19 Thread Maximiliano Curia
Hola Javier Barroso! El 19/10/2009 a las 13:57 escribiste: Hi, in lenny installation guide C.1 [1] we can read : By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much more efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a regular file as swap, but it is not recommended.