____/ [H]omer on Friday 06 July 2007 15:34 : \____
> Verily I say unto thee, that Roy Schestowitz spake thusly:
>
>> Speed up your Linux box with a thumb drive
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Linux only: Like ReadyBoost for Vista, SwapBoost uses the extra
>> | space on a spare USB drive to speed up your OS.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://lifehacker.com/software/featured-linux-download/speed-up-your-linux-box-with-a-thumb-drive-274911.php
>
> Erm ... they mean?:
>
> swap_file="/media/IPOD/swapfile"
> dd if=/dev/zero of=${swap_file} bs=1024 count=716800
> mkswap -v1 ${swap_file}
> swapon ${swap_file}
>
> Yes, very innovative :)
It's also very elegant, isn't it? How would this be achieved in Windows? Let's
see...
Where my C drive?
What is drive B *for*?
Filesystem?!?! What's that?
Time to defrag and fixing the FAT with scandisk.
Yes, very innovative :)
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~~ Best of wishes
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