On Sat, 2006-04-08 at 15:42 +0200, Andreas Rippl wrote: > 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. [snip] > 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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