Re: Swap and ext3 (was: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap???)

2003-01-28 Thread Steve Lamb
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 12:34:47 +0100 Nicos Gollan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to what a prof. said, swapspace should be placed outside any > filesystems since that filesystem would add to the already gigantic overhead > the disk produces by adding a layer of indirection (look up the file,

Re: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???

2003-01-28 Thread Dave Selby
Thanks for the advice guys I will leave swap partition as nature intended !! Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Swap and ext3 (was: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap???)

2003-01-28 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 19:51, Steve Lamb wrote: > On 27 Jan 2003 15:29:18 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Heck, not only would it not do anything useful for you, you just can't > > do it!! > > Well, technically you can after a fashion. You can make a swap file on > the curr

Re: Swap and ext3 (was: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???)

2003-01-28 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Tuesday 28 January 2003 02:51, Steve Lamb wrote: > Well, technically you can after a fashion. You can make a swap file on > the current file system which could be ext3. In fact I've done just that > with swapd. Question is what effects do a journalling file system have on > swap files? A

Swap and ext3 (was: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???)

2003-01-27 Thread Steve Lamb
On 27 Jan 2003 15:29:18 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Heck, not only would it not do anything useful for you, you just can't > do it!! Well, technically you can after a fashion. You can make a swap file on the current file system which could be ext3. In fact I've done just

Re: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???

2003-01-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 13:25, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ive converted my debian from ext2 to ext3 .. no problems. > > > > Do I need to do the same to my swap partition, is there any advantage > > ?? > > > > Dave > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "

Re: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???

2003-01-27 Thread Nicos Gollan
On Monday 27 January 2003 18:57, Dave Selby wrote: > Ive converted my debian from ext2 to ext3 .. no problems. > > Do I need to do the same to my swap partition, is there any advantage ?? NO! Don't touch the swap partition. It has no file system and creating one would corrupt it. A file system on

Re: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???

2003-01-27 Thread tallison
> Ive converted my debian from ext2 to ext3 .. no problems. > > Do I need to do the same to my swap partition, is there any advantage > ?? > > Dave > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm thinking not. ext3

Re: tune2fs ext2 -> ext3 do I do it to swap ???

2003-01-27 Thread Dave Selby
Ive converted my debian from ext2 to ext3 .. no problems. Do I need to do the same to my swap partition, is there any advantage ?? Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]