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On Thu, 1 Jul 2010 15:49:08 +0200, SpaceCake wrote: |
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> I would like to increase the speed of my machine by putting some swap |
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> on a fast pendrive. It is working manually by starting a script |
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> swapon -s |
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> swapon -p -1 /dev/sdb1 |
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> swapoff /dev/sda6 |
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> swapon -p -2 /dev/sda6 |
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> swapon -s |
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> but, I would like to make it automatic by creating an udev rule, so |
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> when I plug in that device the swap space is automatically activated |
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> and the priority is changed. |
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Create the udev rule in the usual way and add |
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RUN="/path/to/your/script" |
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You must use a full path when running a program from a udev rule and the |
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program should exit quickly as udev blocks while it is running. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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