Re: Where do you put your swap partition?
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On 01/21/08 03:16, Thomas Flaig wrote:
> Am Samstag, 19. Januar 2008 03:30 schrieb Ron Johnson:
>> I think it's foolish to have a swap *partition* in the 21st century.
> It is not.
> If you mean that you should install enough RAM to avoid swapping, that's
> ok.
>
> But there are other reasons for a swap partition in the 21st century:
You miss the distinction between swap partition and swap *file*.
> * There are some Un*x-like operating system which are able to save system
> dumps on a swap partition for debuging after system crash. (At least if
> you use a kernel which enabels debuging).
> I don't know if Linux is such an operating system.
>
> * If you like to use hibernate/suspend to disk, you can build a kernel
> with something like
> CONFIG_PM=y
> CONFIG_SOFTWARE_SUSPEND=y
> CONFIG_PM_STD_PARTITION="/dev/sdaX"
> so that the kernel can save your RAM on /dev/sdaX before going to sleep.
> Afterwards it can resume/boot up with the parameter resume=/dev/sda5 or
> resume2=/dev/sda5 in your grub/lilo/.....-configuration very fast.
> I think hibernate/suspend to disk does not work with a swap file.
>
> Thomas
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
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