-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/18/08 16:18, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I like to put mine on a disk. > > Just kidding. My actual question is, should I put any thought into > where on the disk I place the swap partition? At the beginning of the > disk? At the end? I thought it might be best to have it at the > beginning, immediately followed by root, and with other partitions > after that. My thinking was that most reads and writes would occur in > root - and probably near the start of the root partition. So having > the swap partition close by would reduce seek time by a couple of pico > seconds - which should translate to thousands of nanocents per year. > > What do you guys think?
I think it's foolish to have a swap *partition* in the 21st century. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHkWCsS9HxQb37XmcRAkNfAJ9Y36D+CZVgDqd31/of9jEBd3V/GgCgoMYe Aa84WqiKrbtWxsVTY6K2eXk= =YGlv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
