Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-25 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 25 October 2009, Holger Wansing wrote: > Frans Pop wrote: > > Without additional information I see no reason to change the current > > text. In what circumstances would it be better to use a swap file over > > a swap partition and why? > > Maybe only change the text a bit, to add a short

Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-25 Thread Holger Wansing
Hi, Frans Pop wrote: > Without additional information I see no reason to change the current text. > In what circumstances would it be better to use a swap file over a swap > partition and why? Maybe only change the text a bit, to add a short information, that in some situations it may be possi

Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-24 Thread Frans Pop
On Monday 19 October 2009, Maximiliano Curia wrote: > El 19/10/2009 a las 13:57 escribiste: > > Hi, in lenny installation guide C.1 [1] we can read : > > > > " By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much more > > efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a regular >

Re: Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-19 Thread Maximiliano Curia
Hola Javier Barroso! El 19/10/2009 a las 13:57 escribiste: > Hi, in lenny installation guide C.1 [1] we can read : > " By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much more > efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a regular > file as swap, but it is not recommended

Possible typo in Debian Installation Guide (C.1 section)

2009-10-19 Thread Javier Barroso
Hi, in lenny installation guide C.1 [1] we can read : " By putting swap on a separate partition, Linux can make much more efficient use of it. It is possible to force Linux to use a regular file as swap, but it is not recommended. " But it is like not true anymore [2] (in some circunstances at le