Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Jonathan Jesse
On Monday 21 May 2007 13:32:46 Florian Zeitz wrote: > Oystein Viggen wrote: > > * [Florian Zeitz] > > > >> Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a > >> bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash. > >> In theory all it takes is: > >> 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Sven
Am Montag, den 21.05.2007, 19:32 +0200 schrieb Florian Zeitz: ... > I think it might be worth implementing if done properly (it seems using > ReadyBoost in it's current form in Vista can actually slow down the > system sometimes). The technique to slow down your computer and waste sticks for some

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Florian Zeitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Oystein Viggen wrote: > * [Florian Zeitz] > >> Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a >> bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash. >> In theory all it takes is: >> 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where sdX is your memor

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-21 Thread Oystein Viggen
* [Florian Zeitz] > Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a > bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash. > In theory all it takes is: > 1. # mkswap /dev/sdX (where sdX is your memory stick) > 2. Edit your fstab to say: > /dev/sdX none swap sw,pri=2 0 0 > UUI

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-20 Thread Davide Corio
Il giorno sab, 19/05/2007 alle 12.29 +1000, Chris Jones ha scritto: > I am rather impressed with the ReadyBoost technology that has been > implemented into Windows Vista. And providing you get an appropriate and > compatible memory stick to make good use of the technology, it actually > works. Vis

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-20 Thread Krzysztof Lichota
Chris Jones napisaƂ(a): > I am rather impressed with the ReadyBoost technology that has been > implemented into Windows Vista. And providing you get an appropriate and > compatible memory stick to make good use of the technology, it actually > works. > > Are there currently any plans to develop a

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-19 Thread Matthew Larsen
Readyboost is a good idea in theory, but in practice I believe there could be a few problems. The hot-pluggable nature means you would have to keep a copy of the key's contents synched with the HD / RAM anyway. The contents would also need to be encrypted in case of theft. >From the reviews I have

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-19 Thread Sam Tygier
Florian Zeitz wrote: > Chris Jones wrote: >> I am rather impressed with the ReadyBoost technology that has been >> implemented into Windows Vista. > Linux has been able to do this for ages, but it has been considered a > bad idea, because it wears the memory sticks flash. Hard disk is still faste

Re: ReadyBoost Technology for Ubuntu and Linux

2007-05-19 Thread Florian Zeitz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Chris Jones wrote: > I am rather impressed with the ReadyBoost technology that has been > implemented into Windows Vista. And providing you get an appropriate and > compatible memory stick to make good use of the technology, it actually > works. > > A