Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Oystein Viggen
* [Florian Zeitz] Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash. In theory all it takes is: 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where sdX is your memory stick) 2. Edit your fstab to say: /dev/sdX none swap sw,pri=2 0 0

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Sven
Am Montag, den 21.05.2007, 19:32 +0200 schrieb Florian Zeitz: ... I think it might be worth implementing if done properly (it seems using ReadyBoost in it's current form in Vista can actually slow down the system sometimes). The technique to slow down your computer and waste sticks for some

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Jonathan Jesse
On Monday 21 May 2007 13:32:46 Florian Zeitz wrote: Oystein Viggen wrote: * [Florian Zeitz] Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash. In theory all it takes is: 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where sdX is your

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-20 Thread Davide Corio
Il giorno sab, 19/05/2007 alle 12.29 +1000, Chris Jones ha scritto: I am rather impressed with the ReadyBoost technology that has been implemented into Windows Vista. And providing you get an appropriate and compatible memory stick to make good use of the technology, it actually works.

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-19 Thread Matthew Larsen
Readyboost is a good idea in theory, but in practice I believe there could be a few problems. The hot-pluggable nature means you would have to keep a copy of the key's contents synched with the HD / RAM anyway. The contents would also need to be encrypted in case of theft. From the reviews I have