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FromBernd Eckenfels <>
SubjectRe: Swap partition vs swap file
DateSun, 10 Jul 2005 23:40:32 +0200
In article <20050710125438.GA17784@animx.eu.org> you wrote:
> So are you saying that if I create a swap partition it's best to use dd to
> zero it out before mkswap?

Nope I did not. However I dont know of any other shell tool which can do it
that easyly.

> As far as portable, we're talking about linux, portability is not an issue
> in this case. 

Portability across Filesystems.

Gruss
Bernd
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