>-- Oorspronkelijk bericht -- >From: Matthias Feichtinger <[email protected]> >To: General chatter list <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Swap for LFS LiveCD 6.1.1 >Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:26:05 +0100 >Reply-To: [email protected], General chatter list <[email protected]> > > >Am Mittwoch, 14. Januar 2009 12:23 schrieb Angel Tsankov: > >>By the way is there any difference between swapping to file and swapping >to >>partition other then in the former case the partition containing the swap >>info can be used for other purposes besides swapping? > >You might have a look to Linux System Administration Guide and I recommend > >especially chapter 6.9. second paragraph and chapter 7.2. paragraph 3. >For keeping in mind: > You can easily overwrite important files and partitions with mkswap! >Nowadays having a lot of RAM one have not to use swapspace at all :-) >--
If you have a lot of ram, the swapfile/partition will not be used much. If you intend to use suspend however, you need swap to store the contents of your ram. I'm not sure if a swapfile can be used. Best regards, Cedric >Fuer die p.t.Leser: Die naechste Zeile enthaelt alle Informationen. LG >Matthias:-) >.--. -.-- .-. --.. .-. .- ..-. ..- -. .... -.-. --. .--- ...- .-. .- ...- >.- .- > .-. . .-. ..-. --. -. --.- --. .... .- --.- .-.. -.- .--. .. --- .-. ...- >.. > ...- .-. .- .- -. --.- -... --. -. --. >-- >http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat >FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ >Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-chat FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
