[Leaplist] Creation of Swap

[Mr. Brunkow]

Bryan J Smith wrote:
> Slices (partitions) that are closer to the beginning of the
> drive will have the highest data transfer rate (DTR), although
> seek times (latency, lower is better) may vary.
> 

I typically put /swap near the very front of the drive for the above
listed reason IF I do not have a dedicated drive for /swap.

Disk /dev/sda: 300.0 GB, 300069052416 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 36481 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000001

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1        2550    20482843+   c  W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sda2            2551       36481   272550757+   7  HPFS/NTFS

Disk /dev/sdb: 251.0 GB, 251000193024 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 30515 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000d3430

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sdb1   *           1          62      497983+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb2              63         124      498015    5  Extended
/dev/sdb3             125        2556    19535040   83  Linux
/dev/sdb4            2557       30515   224580667+  83  Linux
/dev/sdb5              63         124      497983+  82  Linux swap / Solaris



> My swap is typically in LVM, and one of the first slices
> I create. If not, then I typically create it as the first
> slice
> (logical partition) in the Extended disk label (partition,
> although really a partition table of its own).  This would
> typically be hda5/sda5.
> 
> --  
> Bryan J Smith - mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org  
> http://thebs413.blogspot.com  
> Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile  
>     
> 
> 


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Raymond L. Brunkow
5th Degree Black Belt
Chief Instructor and Owner
Sun State Martial Arts LLC.
(407) 786-2525
ssma at ssma.us
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