Subject: usb flash drive as swap in linux

[Mark Jarvis]

I like the 100K better than the 1K I'd heard!

-mj-

Matthew Martin wrote:

>>ok,
>>I have made the required changes to fstab in order to use a 128 meg USB 
>>device.
>>
>>only problem I seem to have is that even though the modules are loaded, it 
>>will not initialize as swap space unless I issue a swapon -a from root after 
>>startup.
>>
>>some help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>>system is debian kernel 2.6.8-2-386 running on a compaq presario laptop.
>>
>>HELP!!!
>>
>>TMH
>>
> 
> Ok, going to reiterate other posts claiming that this is not a good idea.
> 
> As a reliability engr in memories, I can tell you that flash is generally good for 100k writes, a little more if they play some tricks with rotating addresses around behind the scenes.
> You will toast your flash stick rather quickly if you actually run in swap.
> 
> It might be a fun experiment (which brand lasts longer?), but not a recommended solution.
> 
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