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[NMLUG] Copy dat ding
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Peter Espen wrote:
| On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:51:00 -0700
| Steve Browne <sbrowne@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
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|> On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 20:32:49 -0700, you wrote:
|> > >On the other hand - what's the value in "migrating" swap?
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|> To duplicate the swap partition without having to do so as a separate
|> step. Efficiency.
|>
|> Steve
|> Stephen B. Browne
|> sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
|> "Ubi bene, ibi patria."
|>
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| I don't get it. Why would someone want to duplicate a swap partition?
Hrm. FreeLSD^H^H^HBSD can store a kernel dump in the swap partition.
Linux also stores data that might be useful for forensic analysis
purposes in the swap.
It's probably just feature-completeness in the program.
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