Re: Total Hack to the finish

[Alan Orndorff]

> They're not.  Debian, for example, doesn't force you to have a swap
> partition at install at all.  It suggests one, but you can ignore it
> and set up swap files later to your hearts content.  It's just RedHat
> that he says requires one at install time.

Ok, Maybe Debian's a better way to go, for me.

> > Why doesn't linux just create swap on a seperate slice like everyone
> > else does and be done with it.  One OS, One Partition.
>
> What's a slice? :>

A slice is what you get plenty of when you order a pizza. :-)
When you pick up a piece of pizza, and someone else takes it
out of your hands while its on the way to your mouth, that's
what swap is.

alan

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