swap file

Paul Dickson paul at permanentmail.com
Wed Dec 27 10:06:32 MST 2006


On Sun, 24 Dec 2006 10:24:12 -0800 (PST), keith smith wrote:

> Isn't flash more expensive than RAM?  So why not just add 512M RAM
> and run your swap in ram?

Perhaps you've max'd out your RAM.  I have a 6-year old notebook that
only supports 256 MB of RAM.  Adding a USB swap device would really help
(of course, I'd have to add a USB 2.0 PC card).

	-Paul



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