On 10/06/06, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> Finally, the swap. I'm not too sure what these swap-files are,
> but it seems to me that a swap partiton is quite acceptable as a
> just-in-case. I'm simply unsure as to how large I should make it.
A swap *file* does the same thing a swap *partition* does.
Amazing, no?
I understand that part. I do not understand why one would be better than an other. Nor have you indicated what guidelines I can use for determining an appropriate size.
> As an aside, Mr. Johnson noted that hyperthreading can slow my
> computer down. In relation to the research that I did when I was
> wondering which kernel to use (a long time ago), I found out that
> hyper threading simply tells the processor to use it's free time
> to execute more activities. I failed to see (and still do) how
> this can slow my computer down.
Read more.
tells the processor to use it's free time to execute more
activities
That's what *every* multi-tasking OS has done for the past 30 years.
HT makes the CPU look, to the OS, look like 2 CPUs. Good in some
circumstances, bad in most.
This is of particular interest to me. In what ways is HT "bad is most [ways]"?