Re: [gentoo-user] Disk partition query

On Dienstag, 1. Mai 2007, Norberto Bensa wrote:
> Hemmann, Volker Armin wrote:
> > On Montag, 30. April 2007, Stuart Howard wrote:
> > > Can swap be assigned to an extended/logical partition?
> >
> > yes, but you don't need a swap partition. A swapfile will work as fine as
> > a swap partition.
>
> True, but you're adding a layer (or more if you're using lvm) to the VM
> subsystem. The whole point of the swap partition is to simplify access to
> swapped pages and therefore make it very fast.

that does not explain, why a good swapfile is not slower than a partition ;)

>
> Moreover, a swap partion is easily reusable between other Linuxes on the
> same box and although you can also reuse a swapfile, you'll need to mount
> the partition first.

so what is the difference between mounting a partition and mounting a 
partition?

>
> > you can always remove the windows partition ;)
>
> Windows can *sometimes* save your life :)
>

hm, so far it only removed many years of my potential lifespan.
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