On Dec 3, 2009, at 10:09 AM, Matt Graham wrote:

>> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:50 AM, Alex Dean <alex@crackpot.org> wrote:
>>> On Dec 3, 2009, at 4:40 AM, Marco Savo wrote:
>>>> it is possible use a FLASH drive as SWAP?
>>> Probably, but why would you want to?
>
> Might as well ask "Why would you want to make a softRAID-5 out of
> a bunch of USB floppy disks"?  "Because it's there" is a perfectly
> valid answer.

What I was trying to determine is if this is a "can I do it, just 'cuz  
I want to?" kind of question, or are there some other factors which  
are leading the original poster to trying this.

And, seriously, RAID6 on 5.25 floppies is *way* cooler. :)

alex