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- From: bjl@loki.research.ptt.nl (Ben Lippolt)
- Subject: Swap files (was: Re: .97 kernel and root disk/probs with swapping)
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- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 06:14:38 GMT
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- torvalds@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Linus Benedict Torvalds) writes:
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- >Swapping from a partition is a lot faster than swapping from a file, but
- >creating a file is easier, and it's easier to remove or resize.
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- > Linus
-
-
- On the subject of swapping.
-
- Would it be possible to implement a scheme (a la SunOS) where you can
- 'add' swap files to the swap space? E.g. I have a 8Mb swap partition, and
- when I need more (which happens once in a while) I just create a swap
- file and add it to my 8 Mb swap space. Would this be a minor (i.e. I
- can do it myself) or a major change?
-
-
- Ben Lippolt.
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