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From: torek@elf.ee.lbl.gov (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: More than one swap device ?
Keywords: swap
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Date: 22 Mar 91 08:39:00 GMT
References: <1991Mar21.132725@anusf.anu.edu.au> <1991Mar21.193820.752@ssd.kodak.com> <1991Mar22.125135@anusf.anu.edu.au>
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In article <1991Mar22.125135@anusf.anu.edu.au> mbl900@anusf.anu.edu.au
(Mathew BM LIM) writes:
>Yes, I know about swapon(8), but just what does "interleaved (supposedly
>equally)" mean? ... My guess is that it is implementation dependant,
>does anyone have any hard knowledge on this subject?

It is indeed implementation dependent, and yes, people do have hard
knowledge on the subject.

For more specifics, see the two `Unix internals' books, one by Bach and
one by Karels, Leffler, McKusick, and Quarterman.  Neither one will
describe whatever you have (Murphy's Law).
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