I read somewhere on kerneltrap.org that since recent kernels (2.6.11 or so) using a swapfile should be as fast as using a seperate swap- partition.
It would add in my opinion another bit of user- friendliness if users could think less about partitions & just have a swapfile instead of partition.
That may be a option, but there are still many advantages to using a traditional swap partition (these are just a few): 1. It can be on a separate disk or channel, making access faster. 2. It can be placed in faster disks than the others in the system. 3. It can be made the first partition on the drive, creating it on the outside of the platter--yielding better read/write performance. 4. The swap partition is used for "suspend to disk" operations. Kirk Coombs Linux Server Specialist, Novell Product Support Communities http://support.novell.com/products/ Phone: (801) 861-8174 Email: kcoombs@novell.com Participate in the Novell forums! HTTP: http://support.novell.com/forums/ NNTP: forums.novell.com