-----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 memory stick) >> 2. Edit your fstab to say: >> /dev/sdX none swap sw,pri=2 0 0 >> UUID=stuff none swap sw,pri=1 0 0 >> instead of >> UUID=stuff none swap sw 0 0 >> 3. # swapon -a > > Then again, this is nothing at all like ReadyBoost. > I'll have to admit that I now know that I know nothing. Back when I wrote the message you quoted all articles I had read about ReadyBoost said it was just swapping on flash drives. Right now after doing some research I'm a bit confused, because most sites contradict each other. It seems that ReadyBoost is actually a cache for about everything from swap file over system data to often read user data. 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). -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org
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