On Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 02:03:26PM -0700, Mark Ferlatte wrote: > J. Zidar said on Mon, Aug 11, 2003 at 10:49:21PM +0200: > > I see. I'm pretty new to Debian and all. I've read that a swap partition is > > better than the swap file (as in Windoze). I created a 2gig swap partition > > because I like to be "prepared". I'm using dialup but hope that I will soon > > be using a broadband connection where my computer will become a mail and > > maybe also a web server (depend how much will I learn about using Debian in > > this period). > > A swap partition is "better", in that it's a bit faster than a swap file. > However, it's arguable if it matters for you (ie, it depends entirely on the > load of the system in question). Just as a point of interest, swap files are effectively as fast as swap partitions in 2.5/2.6. -- Rob Weir <rweir@ertius.org> | mlspam@ertius.org | Do I look like I want a CC? Words of the day: MP5K-SD Merlin Albania Mafia Hacker Yukon MD4 Noriega ARPA
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