On May 8, 2010, at 8:57 AM, Brandon High wrote: > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 11:59 AM, Karl Dalen <k_d...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> If I want to reduce the I/O accesses for example to SSD media on a laptop >> and I don't plan to run any big applications is it safe to delete the swap >> file ? > > When installing on a small drive (eg: 8GB thumb drive), the installer > doesn't create a swap or dump volume. > > I imagine it's OK to do, but if the system needs to page, you'll get > out of memory errors.
Duh :-) Same thing happens when you run out of swap space and memory. >> How do I configure opensolairs to run without swap ? > > Remove the line from /etc/vfstab and reboot. No need to reboot. Just edit the /etc/vfstab and use "swap -d" to remove the swap device. -- richard -- ZFS storage and performance consulting at http://www.RichardElling.com _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
