Kimmo Hämäläinen wrote:
On Mon, 2006-06-12 at 22:28, ext Adrian Neumaier wrote:
Am Montag, 12. Juni 2006 21:22 schrieb Armin M. Warda:
On Monday 12 June 2006 17:24, Kimmo Hämäläinen wrote:
[...] There are of
course some obvious problems with a separate partition. (Some of
the complications could be difficult to understand by a non-geek
user.)
I suspect there might be some geek users on this list...
Please explain, what are the obvious problems with a
separate partition? Thanks!
I second that, i would like to know that too. I can't figure one, apart from
swapoff the partition before removing the card.
There are some issues caused by partition vs. file concept. For example,
removing and creating a file is simpler and safer than repartitioning.
The non-geek user would need to understand the concept of partitions:
- the swap partition is not usable in any other device the user has
(non-geeks often don't use Linux)
- the swap partition will look funny in Windows Explorer (maybe the user
reformats it there and stores files there, then wonders why they are not
shown in the Nokia 770).
- other devices, such as Nokia mobile phones would not probably support
repartitioning the memory card. (Even Windows does not make very easy.)
I cannot think more right now (I have other things to do, as well). But
if you can think of _so_ many benefits that this swap partition brings
to the user, I'll reconsider in future products :)
It is very difficult resizing partitions once they're created, so the
choice of a swap file is a sound choice. Files can be created, removed
and resized easily without negative consequences for the rest of the system.
If you try to grow a partition you might have to shrink another, and
hence you'll risk losing all data on that partition if something goes wrong.
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René Seindal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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