Scott Silva wrote:
Might be a little slower with file system overhead, but it is not a problem to do so.
I have heard that, with ext3, the extra time to use a file has mostly been removed.
Is there some reason you want to use a file? IMHO a 2 gig swap partition takes the same space as a 2 gig swap file.
Yes, I'd like to experiment with various amounts of swap, and see what best fits my system. I don't want to repartition over and over, and reinstall repeatedly. ISTM that if I can fix the size of swap by using a file it would be more easily tuned. But I hope the tuning isn't markedly different for using a swap partition and a swap file. Near a min or max, any smoothly changing function has a derivative near zero, so if the sweet point isn't very far away, it shouldn't make much difference to actual performance. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} Oppose globalization and One World Governments like the UN. This message made from 100% recycled bits. You have found the bank of Larn. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that! _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos