From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 7 10:50:27 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F56516A4CE for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 10:50:27 +0000 (GMT) Received: from shellma.zin.lublin.pl (shellma.zin.lublin.pl [212.182.126.68]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6AE43D6A for ; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 10:50:27 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from pawmal-posting@freebsd.lublin.pl) Received: by shellma.zin.lublin.pl (Postfix, from userid 1018) id 8C9DB347BA8; Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:51:30 +0100 (CET) Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 11:51:30 +0100 From: Pawel Malachowski To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20041107105130.GB74864@shellma.zin.lublin.pl> References: <418DFD15.2010409@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <418DFD15.2010409@yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Subject: Re: using only swap file without swap partition: OK? X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 10:50:27 -0000 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