Richard Adams wrote:
>
> however haing said that why not try;
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
I've already tried this (followed by mkswap, sync, swapon) and it
appears to set up a swap file as expected. But is it safe to use?
> On the otherhand why not do the above on a "linux partition".??
I've prepared a portable Linux on two floppies which I can use on other
people's (non-Linux) computers. It runs from a ramdisk and it would
be nice to be able to set up (temporarily) a swap file on the harddrive
(msdos, vfat, whatever). But I wouldn't want to chance it unless it's
absolutely safe.
"Hey George, let me show you Linux running on your computer
... oops it seems to have damaged your harddrive."
Cheers,
Steven
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