Re: resizing swap partition
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.
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0507.0/1690.html
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