-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/21/08 03:16, Thomas Flaig wrote: > Am Samstag, 19. Januar 2008 03:30 schrieb Ron Johnson: >> I think it's foolish to have a swap *partition* in the 21st century. > It is not. > If you mean that you should install enough RAM to avoid swapping, that's > ok. > > But there are other reasons for a swap partition in the 21st century:
You miss the distinction between swap partition and swap *file*. > * There are some Un*x-like operating system which are able to save system > dumps on a swap partition for debuging after system crash. (At least if > you use a kernel which enabels debuging). > I don't know if Linux is such an operating system. > > * If you like to use hibernate/suspend to disk, you can build a kernel > with something like > CONFIG_PM=y > CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y > CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION="/dev/sdaX" > so that the kernel can save your RAM on /dev/sdaX before going to sleep. > Afterwards it can resume/boot up with the parameter resume=/dev/sda5 or > resume2=/dev/sda5 in your grub/lilo/.....-configuration very fast. > I think hibernate/suspend to disk does not work with a swap file. > > Thomas - -- 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) iD8DBQFHlLEcS9HxQb37XmcRAiRXAKCEpIRfkJd1+WFYbBFGUimcckygZgCeOy8A Y+swDzQwf/MK/FNVafUoMDI= =3fU2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
