Using USB memory key as boot directory for older computer?

[feba thatl]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't linux REQUIRE some sort of swap? If you
don't give a swap partition, it should just make a swap page, right?

On 6/28/07, Jon Pruente <jdpruente at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On a second note, for those who want to do a full install to flash
> media of any sort, it's best to NOT use swap space on the device.
> Flash media has limited write cycles and running swap on it will run
> down your devices lifetime.  If you have a (somewhat) disposable
> device, putting swap on it may speed up your system a little, but it
> might also lead to memory errors in the future.  Keep an eye out on
> all those guys running ReadyBoost in Vista, as it's a long term file
> caching system and does not do a bunch of R/W operations like swap
> does.
>
>
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