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Date:	Thu, 5 Sep 2002 21:09:51 PST7
From:	Steve Carter <scarter@vcnet.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: SWAPPER.DAT location

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Conventional wisdom has one putting the swap file on
the most-used partition of the least-used disk. For
one-drive installations, I've chosen to leave the swapfile
in the boot partition, for lack of a better place to put it.

But for multiple installations (of OS/2), it _could_ make
sense to dedicate a separate swap partition, common to all.

If the partition were physically located near the most commonly-
booted partitions, it would help to minimize head movement.
Of course, with RAM so cheap these days, you can minimize
swapfile use with your wallet.

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On 9/5/02, Steven Levine wrote, in part:
>...On 09/05/02 ..., Ray Davison said:
>
>>About the first thing I do after a fresh installation is send the swap
>>file to the root directory of a junk partition. Is there any potential
>>problem with pointing the swap files of multiple installations of OS/2
>>to the same location?
>
>There's no problem. Swapper.dat is emptied/deleted on startup.
>
>You do want to consider head motion when you place swapper.dat.
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