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Re: 486-100/16mb. linux is slow
Tuvik Beker wrote:
>
> Amos Shapira wrote:
> >
> > Ira Abramov wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Amos Shapira wrote:
> > > ... and a swap file may not be created as a single stretch...
> >
> > True indeed.
>
> If I remember correctly, a swap file MUST be created as a single
> stretch. That's why it's created using dd rather than cp, isn't it?
Using ANY program has nothing to do with the continuation of data
on the disk. Only the filesystem level decides what blocks to use.
I guess you talk about using dd like:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1000k count=20
What did you have in mind about using cp for this?
Cheers,
--Amos
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