Is it ok to have both a swap partition and swap file on an Ubuntu 18.04 system?
Could having both a swap file and swap partition cause errors? Should I keep one over the other?
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Could having both a swap file and swap partition cause errors? Should I keep one over the other?
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No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from/etc/fstab, stuff like that. Short answer is OK
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
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@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)
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Could having both a swap file and swap partition cause errors? Should I keep one over the other?
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No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from/etc/fstab, stuff like that. Short answer is OK
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)
– Zanna
25 mins ago
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No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from/etc/fstab, stuff like that. Short answer is OK
– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)
– Zanna
25 mins ago
No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from
/etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago
No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from
/etc/fstab , stuff like that. Short answer is OK– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)
– Zanna
25 mins ago
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)
– Zanna
25 mins ago
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There will be no errors in you use them both. I personally use partition as a first swap device and file as second.
You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.
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There will be no errors in you use them both. I personally use partition as a first swap device and file as second.
You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.
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There will be no errors in you use them both. I personally use partition as a first swap device and file as second.
You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.
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There will be no errors in you use them both. I personally use partition as a first swap device and file as second.
You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.
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There will be no errors in you use them both. I personally use partition as a first swap device and file as second.
You can find many religious discussions advocating one over another. Partition should be a little faster as it does not have filesystem overhead, but file is much more flexible.
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No, it's a common practice to have a partition, and dynamically increase swap via swap files. Errors can result from improper formatting of swap file, or if it has been unlinked but not removed from
/etc/fstab, stuff like that. Short answer is OK– Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy
4 hours ago
@SergiyKolodyazhnyy your answer is in the wrong box... ;)
– Zanna
25 mins ago