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On 11/14/05, Jeff Hubbs <hbbs at comcast.net> wrote:
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> Joshua Kite wrote:
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> > Maybe I've been attributing sluggishness to the wrong thing, but I
> > assumed that the RAM disk also made a difference. Doesn't that lead
> > to full memory and making more use of the swap file?
>
> Unless Knoppix automatically finds and fires up an existing swap
> partition on a hard disk (which is generally going to be a safe
> operation in all cases unless it's a machine that is hibernated) or is
> made to do so, the machine runs swaplessly. RAM disk is far from a
> sluggishness source; it's the fastest filesystem you can make! Really,
> it's CD-ROM spin-up/down and overall I/O rate that makes Knoppix slow;
> that's the case with most LiveCDs. Even a Gentoo LiveCD will do that
> when you type shell commands that haven't been used yet.
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