On Tue, 2006-04-04 at 18:07 -0400, Chris Roddy wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > If you are using a 2.6 kernel, then you can also use a swap *file*. > > "man mkswap" tells you how to set it up. > > > Oh! I'd forgotten about that. But I didn't know that was new with 2.6. I > could swear I've used a swap file on 2.4. Maybe I'm imagining it, though.
It's "always" been there, but before 2.6, there was a speed penalty for using swap files, which was supposed to be eliminated in 2.6. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA "The First Amendment protects speech from being censored by the government; it does not regulate what private parties (such as most employers) do." http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Anonymity/blog-anonymously.php -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
