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I've heard disabling swap can spped up SuSE. Is this true? I'm running on a gig of ram, so I should be fine there.
If so, how do I disable ...
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- 04-09-2005 #1Linux User
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disabling swap
I've heard disabling swap can spped up SuSE. Is this true? I'm running on a gig of ram, so I should be fine there.
If so, how do I disable the swap space?
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swapoff /dev/xxxx
Replace the xxxx with the swap partition designation.Registered Linux user #384279
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there is no swapoff command
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I take itt that you are doing it as root?
Originally Posted by zachtib
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...oops Originally Posted by dylunio I take itt that you are doing it as root? Originally Posted by zachtib
now it worked. Is it possible to not have it used at all when the computer is booting? and does it really speed up the computer?
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