On Tue, Apr 04, 2006 at 08:38:55PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. > > > "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. > > > > > > Oh! I'd forgotten about that. But I didn't know that was new with 2.6. I > > could swear I've used a swap file on 2.4. Maybe I'm imagining it, though. > > It's "always" been there, but before 2.6, there was a speed penalty > for using swap files, which was supposed to be eliminated in 2.6. > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Ron Johnson, Jr. > Jefferson, LA USA > > "The First Amendment protects speech from being censored by the > government; it does not regulate what private parties (such as > most employers) do." > http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ah, reading this thread I was wondering about the penalty of using
a swap file. Mind you, I've always been using one anyways as they are
much more flexible. Could anyone elaborate on the vanished penalty?
Just curious.
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