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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 23:35:13 +0200
To: Jeremy Nickurak <atrus@lkml.spam.rifetech.com>
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Subject: Re: Swap partition vs swap file
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From: Helge Hafting <helgehaf@aitel.hist.no>
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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