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Moving swapfile.sys from Linux
I have two operating systems installed (windows 8 & mint) and I am trying to shrink the original windows partition, but there is the swapfile.sys permanent file in the way. So I was wondering, is ...
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Why using swap file over a SMB/NFS mounted filesystem is not possible in Linux?
I'd like to use another machine's unused RAM as swapspace for my primary Linux installation. I was just curious about performance of network ramdisks compared to local (slow) mechanical hard disks.
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What's the easiest way to delete Vim swapfiles I've already recovered from?
Sometimes Vim crashes and leaves me a swapfile. That's awesome. Then I open the file I was editing and Vim asks me if I want to recover. I do, thanks. When it's done, Vim tells me,
You may want ...
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Will a swap file not slow down the system so much if a Solid State Drive is used?
Usually when RAM runs out, and a swap file is used, then the system can become really slow. But if the notebook or desktop is using SSD already, will a swap file be such a bad idea any more?
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