Re: [debian-knoppix] Swapoff -a?
On 2002-05-08, Klaus Knopper <knopper@linuxtag.org> wrote:
> Should the default behaviour nor be to use swap when present, and
> disable it when it needs to be disabled? Most users boot straight to
> KDE, and Ram is critical there.
>
> Those using Knoppix as rescue system should usually know how to
> disable swap when they are modifying partitions manually.
One problem that I see is that those starting a rescue system sometimes
have a fscked up partition table (no pun intended). Thus, when knoppix
notices a type 82 partition, it might not necessarily contain a swap
partition. I haven't yet tried Linux's robustness when it comes to bad
swap partitions, but I guess that knoppix's should provide an ability to
have it not activate swap on boot - maybe the non-graphical boot path
should have this as default?
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Andreas Fuchs, <asf@acm.org>, asf@jabber.at, antifuchs
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