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| From | bp@www.zefox.net |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.raspberry-pi |
| Subject | Re: Adding a hardware swap partition |
| Date | 2026-03-19 14:49 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <10ph2e9$plm0$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> wrote: > bp@www.zefox.net writes: >> If I was going to set up swap it seemed prudent to make it as fast >> as I reasonably could. I didn't (and so far still don't) have a clear >> idea how much difference a swap file versus a swap partition makes. > > The only way to be find out is to measure it under a representative > workload, but the likely outcome is that the difference will be > negligible or undetectable. > >> Since /sbin isn't a freestanding directory, this seems impossible >> without booting from a separate root device, likely a microSD. I >> didn't see this hurdle coming, at all. It isn't a fatal blunder, but >> it's a blunder. > > You seem to have a misapprehension about /sbin. It’s not some kind of > “stuff you need to boot” directory. It’s for utilities used for system > administration and other root-only commands. > But those utilities are needed during the partition resize, creastion, copying and mounting processes if I want to "clean out" the duplicated /usr files. > The way to make a separate-/usr system bootable is to ensure that the > initramfs mounts /usr, as already discussed. You don’t need a separate > device for that. > This touches on something I wasnt aware of. I don't see an initramfs manpage. There apropos references to it, but nothing explaining its purpose. What's it for? Thanks for writing! bob prohaska
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Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-16 01:41 +0000
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Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Jim Diamond <zsd@jdvb.ca> - 2026-03-17 18:30 -0300
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition bp@www.zefox.net - 2026-03-19 01:36 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 08:52 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition bp@www.zefox.net - 2026-03-19 14:49 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 19:23 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 22:01 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-19 22:00 +0000
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Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-03-19 22:56 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition Anssi Saari <anssi.saari@usenet.mail.kapsi.fi> - 2026-03-25 14:53 +0200
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition bp@www.zefox.net - 2026-03-25 18:53 +0000
Re: Adding a hardware swap partition The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-03-16 12:38 +0000
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