what is the swap partition file system?
I am planning to slim my kernel, and wonder therefore which file system that is used for the swap partition, that is, what does Linux swap / Id 82 mean?
I guess ext2, and since I use ext4 on the other partitions I guess that I can skip ext3 totally? |
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What does "slimming" the kernel have to do with the filesystem for SWAP? (Maybe you mean the filesystem drivers to be installed?
I don't think I would even call SWAP a filesystem at all---e.g. you can't mount a SWAP partition and store files on it. |
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I've never heard of a "SWAP driver". I think the Linux memory manager just looks for which device has been designated for SWAP.
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may be swap doesnt need a driver.. i havnt seen that option under filesystem when compiling a kernel.
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swap space has nothing to do with slimming down your kernel.
It is no filesystem as you can't store files on it. It is used as virtual memory. |
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