Date: Sun, 07 Nov 2004 19:46:45 +0900 From: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: using only swap file without swap partition: OK? Message-ID: <418DFD15.2010409@yahoo.com>
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Hi, With 5.3 it has become much easier to add swap as a regular file, remove it later, or add a bigger or smaller one instead. The swap partition always causes me little headache: once the size is choosen at partitioning during install, it's fixed. I can't size it up or down anymore, unless I go fiddling with the partition table, which I desperately like to avoid. 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? Thanks, Rob.
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