Bruce Dubbs wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > >> I don't like a separate swap partition, because it's difficult to >> resize, and the information I have is that with 2.6 kernels a swap file >> is as fast as a separate partition, and much easier to resize. >> > > Interesting. I've never had to resize a swap partition. I generally > start a new system using a commercial distro and just let it use the > default size for a swap partition. My current systems have swap size > the same a RAM size. > > You do know that you can use both a swap partition and a swap file at > the same time, right? > > -- Bruce >
You can also split up the swap partition over multiple drive ( If you have them ) and the kernel will strip the writes to the different drives something like raid does. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
