Difference between revisions of "Swap/ru"

{{note|Be sure to replace /dev/sda3 in the above commands with your actual swap partition.}}

{{note|Be sure to replace /dev/sda3 in the above commands with your actual swap partition.}}

{{tip|''If you're using a HDD'' (spinning rust) put the swap partition *at the beginning of the disk* as the speed of the disk is higher on the inside tracks. On an SSD this doesn't matter.}}

{{tip|''If you're using a HDD'' (spinning rust) put the swap partition *at the beginning of the disk* as the speed of the disk is higher on the inside tracks. On an SSD this doesn't matter.}}

Using a swap partition has one major disadvantage:  Changing the size of swap or adding swap requires repartitioning the disk.  In current Linux kernels, it is possible to use a swap file instead of a dedicated partition and as from kernel 2.6 onwards there is no performance difference any more between the two.

Using a swap partition has one major disadvantage:  Changing the size of swap or adding swap requires repartitioning the disk.  In current Linux kernels, it is possible to use a swap file instead of a dedicated partition and as from kernel 2.6 onwards there is no performance difference any more between the two.