Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:51:30 +0100 From: Pawel Malachowski <pawmal-posting@freebsd.lublin.pl> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: using only swap file without swap partition: OK? Message-ID: <20041107105130.GB74864@shellma.zin.lublin.pl> In-Reply-To: <418DFD15.2010409@yahoo.com> References: <418DFD15.2010409@yahoo.com>
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On Sun, Nov 07, 2004 at 07:46:45PM +0900, Rob wrote: > So, why not using swapfile without swap partition at all. > Have it on a big partition with lots of space. If there's a > problem with the space, I can easily move the swap elsewhere. > A swapfile is so much more flexible. > > Is there a downside of not using swap partition, and have only > swapfile instead? What about saving kernel crashdumps? :) -- Paweł Małachowski
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