Re: Swap partition vs swap file

Helge Hafting
2005-07-08T21:33:26Z

On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 09:35:58AM -0600, Jeremy Nickurak wrote:
> On ven, 2005-07-08 at 03:22 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > No, it is creating files by appending just like any other file write. One
> > could think about a call to create unfragmented files however since this is
> > not always working best is to create those files young or defragment them
> > before usage.
>
> Except that this defeats one of the biggest advantages a swap file has
> over a swap partition: the ability to easilly reconfigure the amount of
> hd space reserved for swap.

You can still reconfigure the amount of swap by creating more swapfiles
later - you merely risk a fragmented file. Keep your filesystems only
half full though, and it won't be a big problem.
:-)

Helge Hafting