Sivey,Lonny writes:
> I was further wondering what linux would do if you specified both a V-DISK
> and a DASD device as swap files.  Is linux smart enough to prefer the faster
> device, and only use the slower one when it needs too?

It's smart enough, but you do have to at least tell it which devices
are faster :-). Look at the "swapon" manpage and you'll see that
there is a "priority" argument which you can use. In /etc/fstab, put
"pri=n" into the options field of your swap lines.

--Malcolm

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Malcolm Beattie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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IBM EMEA Enterprise Server Group...
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