usb stick as swap partition

Brian Mury b.mury at ieee.org
Fri Oct 15 02:15:33 UTC 2004


> > 4. It's not designed for that purpose.
> 
> Of course not, but we gotta try don't we? ;)

This is flash RAM we're talking about? If so, you should be aware that
flash RAM has a limited life in terms of write/erase cycles. This is
usually a fairly high number, and most people will never reach it with a
USB memory device. Using it for swap would probably be a different
matter, especially if your machine is swapping a lot. You may find after
a while that you have dead flash RAM.





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