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[Evens Garde <evans.garde@xxxxxxxxx>]

Jerry Feldman wrote:
> On Fri, 30 May 2008 15:21:03 -0700
> "John Andersen" <jsamyth@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Larry Stotler <larrystotler@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Duaine & Laura Hechler
> > > <dahechler@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > 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
> > > 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
> > 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.
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