Re: [cobalt-users] swap problem

[Mat Kovach <mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, Mar 04, 2000 at 10:42:36AM +0100, Jens Kristian Søgaard wrote:
: Mat Kovach <mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
: 
: > I'm not sure what you mean by swap file here?  Linux (and Cobalt) use swap
: > partitions for virtual memory, paging memory in and out of swap when needed.
: 
: You can use swap files with Linux.

You can use swap files, but they act just like a swap partition, only the file
descriptor is different.  But once setup by the kernel, the same code works
on both.  This is because /dev/hda2 looks like /swap to the kernel :)

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Mat Kovach                                      mkovach@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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