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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Is swapping to a swap file faster than swapping
> > to regular hard drive?
>
> I believe a swap partition is slightly faster than
> a swap file; however, both are significantly faster
> (and more stable) than what the kernel does when it
> runs out of working memory.

Can you suggest what test I might use to compare with and without swap 
file in cli mode (since I am unlikely to be using X) on a computer with 
loop BL3, other than compressing a very large file?  I cannot think of a 
case where we would need to do that on this computer.  (Actually I cannot 
think of using this as a portable computer since keyboard and monitor have 
problems, but we might run into something else similar).

Can I make a swap file within the loop instead of using 6.7M of the 
non-linux part of the DOS partition?  I would also prefer to try just 2M 
and see if we run into problems, as this drive is short on space.

Could I just make a batch file to make a swap file when needed, so as to 
have the space free for other things the rest of the time (such as DOS 
programs or maybe linux programs)?

> Cheers,
> Steven
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