Re: Where do you put your swap partition?
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On 01/18/08 16:18, tofu.oni@gmail.com wrote:
> I like to put mine on a disk.
>
> Just kidding. My actual question is, should I put any thought into
> where on the disk I place the swap partition? At the beginning of the
> disk? At the end? I thought it might be best to have it at the
> beginning, immediately followed by root, and with other partitions
> after that. My thinking was that most reads and writes would occur in
> root - and probably near the start of the root partition. So having
> the swap partition close by would reduce seek time by a couple of pico
> seconds - which should translate to thousands of nanocents per year.
>
> What do you guys think?
I think it's foolish to have a swap *partition* in the 21st century.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
"I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian
because I hate vegetables!"
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