Difference between swap partition and swap file?
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Answer Posted / riju.c
Swap partition maintained seperate partition.
same swap partition can be used in two OS within single
machine.
If system crashes their is a chance to recover itor may not
be corrupt the partition.
Less fragmented.
where as swap file takes very less space. we can increase
the space very easily, compared to swap partition.
SWap file system fragmented.
If system crashes their is a huge chance to lost the swap
file system.
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