Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 6 Jun 2001 08:45:25 +0100 | From | Jonathan Morton <> | Subject | Re: 2.4.5 VM |
| |
> On a side question: does Linux support swap-files in addition to >sawp-partitions? Even if that has a performance penalty, when the system >is swapping performance is dead anyway.
Yes. Simply use mkswap and swapon/off on a regular file instead of a partition device. I don't notice any significant performance penalty (a swapfile on a SCSI disk is faster than a swap-partition on an IDE disk), although you'd be advised to attempt to keep the file unfragmented.
-------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) big-mail: chromatix@penguinpowered.com uni-mail: j.d.morton@lancaster.ac.uk
The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it.
Get VNC Server for Macintosh from http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/
-----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version 3.12 GCS$/E/S dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |