Re: [opensuse] swap file placement

Jerry Feldman wrote:

On Fri, 30 May 2008 15:21:03 -0700 "John Andersen" wrote:

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Thanks to all. I was beginning to think along the same lines - it depends on your going to use the system. I generally put swap at the front of the drive because it's easier to calculate the space for the rest of the drive. While there may be a

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Duaine & Laura Hechler wrote: performance hit depending on location, I doubt that it's too excessive. Heck, on my desktop with 2GB RAM, it never even touches the swap anyway. I've been half tempted to just eliminate it. -- Your choice makes the most sense, do it based on simplicity and spend the time saved figuring out how to scam enough ram to make

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Larry Stotler wrote: the whole point moot.

Swap doesn't get used all that heavily on a system with enough ram.

Agreed here. Another option is to use a file instead of a physical partition. While this option is available, I think it is a bad idea.

A very bad idea for primary swap, although I have used swap files for "emergency" swap space. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org