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 memory stick) > >> 2. Edit your fstab to say: > >> /dev/sdX none swap sw,pri=2 0 0 > >> UUID=stuff none swap sw,pri=1 0 0 > >> instead of > >> UUID=stuff none swap sw 0 0 > >> 3. # swapon -a > > > > Then again, this is nothing at all like ReadyBoost. > > I'll have to admit that I now know that I know nothing. > Back when I wrote the message you quoted all articles I had read about > ReadyBoost said it was just swapping on flash drives. > Right now after doing some research I'm a bit confused, because most > sites contradict each other. > It seems that ReadyBoost is actually a cache for about everything from > swap file over system data to often read user data. > 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).
I've been suprised about how little even people who work w/ MS products every day really understand ReadyBoost. In one of the recent issues of Microsoft Technet magazine, I don't have it in front of me, but Mark from SysInternals fame has written a really good article about it. -- Ubuntu-devel-discuss mailing list Ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-devel-discuss
