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On 9/14/2012 6:00 PM, glee wrote:
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On 9/14/2012 4:06 PM, glee wrote:
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Whoa! I found lots of URLs yesterday telling you how to use the
Windows swapfile under Linux. Although I couldn't find anybody
recommend it. Since it takes a performance hit when doing so.
They seem to suggest it is most useful when you don't have the
disk space
for a Linux swap partition...

I've seen a few mentions of it, but it requires a lot of tweaking
plus a
series of parameters at every startup to work, is not "supported",
and
definitely is not done by any distributions of Linux. It's
something
that's been played with by some users, but you won't find it as
even an
alternative on a Live CD as far as I know.
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Naw... it is very easy to do even permanently.

mkswap /mnt/data/pagefile.sys
swapon /mnt/data/pagefile.sys

Now permanently... you need an entry in your /etc/fstab file that
looks like this:
..
/mnt/data/pagefile.sys swap swap defaults 0 0
..
You're done!

Sharing a swap file with linux and windows
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...indows-109511/


Yes...that's the series of parameters that have to be added so they
run
at every boot, as I stated.
Matters not as far as a Live CD goes.... no standard Live CD is
going to
come this way... and it's Live CDs that we're talking about.

That isn't how I understand it.

mkswap /mnt/data/pagefile.sys
[makes or adjusts pagefile.sys for Linux use]

swapon /mnt/data/pagefile.sys
[sets pagefile.sys as swapfile]

If the two above has no problems you are good to modify the fstab
file.

/mnt/data/pagefile.sys swap swap defaults 0 0

Now it is permanent. Now you boot up and it automatically uses the
Windows swapfile. Works for live versions too. If Windows actually
uses it too, you need to add this in your /etc/rc.sysinit file so
Linux can adjust it for Linux.

mkswap /mnt/data/pagefile.sys

Now you simply bootup and the Windows swapfile will be used by Linux
with every boot. No series of parameters to add or anything.

I'm stating the same thing. By adding them to fstab, they are making
the change at every boot.... they run at every boot.
It isn't something that is built into any Live CD, which is the
original point of this discussion.

Oh wow! I never thought of it like that. Using that logic, Windows isn't
compatible with most PCs. As Windows uses the Windows registry to change
from the defaults. And it does this with every boot with every single
Windows install out there. Thus when you change the way Linux boots, but
only using what is supplied in the stock system. I personally call this
as built in support. I am not sure why you don't?

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Bill
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