sounder 8, JS on Swap

[Steve McIntyre]

On Sun, Sep 12, 2004 at 05:59:48PM +0800, John wrote:
>The S8 install is in progress, and I wish to comment on swap partitions.
>
>I tried without success to perusade the d-i folk that on most peecess 
>(and like Macs and such) where the OS is being installed on a single 
>disk, that a swap partition is a bad idea.
>
>Rather than repeat my argument here, see:
>http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2004/08/msg00016.html
>
>No, I've not done benchmarks. It seems so clear to me I wonder that 
>anyone would challenge my argument in that manner.

If you're going to claim performance advantages from one method over
another, benchmarks are generally a good plan. What seems clear or
obvious to one person is not _necessarily_ correct.

-- 
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.                                steve at einval.com
Is there anybody out there?
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