Gentoo Websites Logo
Go to: Gentoo Home Documentation Forums Lists Bugs Planet Store Wiki Get Gentoo!
Bug 70363 - software raid on swap...
Summary: software raid on swap...
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Other (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High normal (vote)
Assignee: Docs Team
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-x...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2004-11-07 09:29 UTC by Miika Keskinen
Modified: 2004-11-08 01:57 UTC (History)
0 users

See Also:
Package list:
Runtime testing required: ---

Attachments
Add an attachment (proposed patch, testcase, etc.)

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.
Description Miika Keskinen 2004-11-07 09:29:13 UTC 
"/dev/md1 for the swap partition"

This is afaik nonsense. you lose some capacity, swap doesn't need reliability ;) and when having multiple swap partitions kernel can balance load between them.
Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-11-08 01:57:26 UTC 
It's just an example, nothing wrong with the text.