[Malvern] Memory Reliability

[Guy Inchbald]

On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:48:52, Keith Edmunds <kae at midnighthax.com> wrote:
>On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:02:47 +0100, mwild1 at gmail.com said:
>
>> Also note that Linux uses seperate partitions for
>> swap, instead of re-using the *file* system that is for, er.. files...
>
>Usually, yes, but it can use files. It can be very useful for a system
>that is running low on virtual memory and there are no spare partitions -
>just create a swap file and add it to the total swap space. Buys some time
>to sort out the real problem (ie, why the system was running low on VM
>in the first place).

All the default installs I have done (not that many) just create one ext 
partition and shove everything on that. I prefer to set up / (root), 
swap and /home - and have always had to do it manually.

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Cheers,
Guy