-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Robert Citek wrote: > Is there a way to specify that one wants to create a swapfile instead > of a swap partition during the install of Debian? Are there any > disadvantages to using a swapfile vs a swap partition? > > A swapfile is easy enough to create after installation. I was just > wondering if it could be done during. I didn't see anything obvious > during the installation process. > > I'm installing Debian/Sarge on machines for ByteWorks[1]. I'd bet after the install was mostly finished you'd use Ctrl +Fsomething to manually setup the swap file in the target install.
I'd guess you're trying to give them the equivalent of windows swapfiles so that they dont have to make swap partitions. There are very good reasons to have swap partitions instead of files and I sometimes go the other way and make windows use a swap partition. Are they opposed to the idea of letting the installer make a swap partion for them. It seems to me that you'll be creating more work for no good reason. ;) - -- JT Morée PC Xperience, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEDLHSucZ4lMT2d5IRAkH4AJ9HzTjeI/C8PsEvz86cLa7gnYYtVgCfdkTm s3QSO/mMyGK44GVQusZbHSU= =fyjZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. MailScanner thanks transtec Computers for their support. _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
