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Old 03-10-2007, 01:02 PM
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It is recommended that a swap partition shoul be created during install. Can I know the reason why it recommended? Are there any performance issues regarding swap file creation?
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swap file in linux is just like the page file in windows.

It is needed in case ur RAM gets consumed by ur system, so if there is no SWAP what shalll ur system do ? It shall crash for sure or freeze.
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Default Swap file instead of Swap Partition
I think B!n@ry did'nt get my question. If I can create a swap file in my distro, then why it is recommended to create a swap partition separately. Did you get it?
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I think B!n@ry did'nt get my question. If I can create a swap file in my distro, then why it is recommended to create a swap partition separately. Did you get it?
Swap file == slow, slow performance, ext3/ext2 format, not dedicated
Swap partition == good performance, dedicated for swapping only, in swap format

Always use swap partition and make sure it is double the RAM size (<=2Gig)
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I think B!n@ry did'nt get my question. If I can create a swap file in my distro, then why it is recommended to create a swap partition separately. Did you get it?
Swap file == slow, slow performance, ext3/ext2 format, not dedicated
Swap partition == good performance, dedicated for swapping only, in swap format

Always use swap partition and make sure it is double the RAM size (<=2Gig)
Yep, thats it ... sorry didnt understand your question.
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Haha ...shooo don’t talk about age man
But I'm young at heart \/
Oh ya man you really have that
hehehe from your anger I can suggest your age is more than 35 years old
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