[ale] USB Pen Drive Swapfile (Knoppix)

[Debrihmi]

Hello there!

I have other question for you folks today.  I'm big on passing out copies of 
Knoppix Live CDs.  When I'm in a non-Linux environment, I make use of Knoppix 
to get my work done.

Question:
Many times I'm confronted with a system that does not meet the minimum RAM 
requirements, since Knoppix loads the USB devices before the GUI kicks in, I 
would like to know how I could use a UBS Pen Drive as a swap file device.  
Yes, I do know that flash media has a limited lifetime and that swap use 
would blow through a drive in no time (rated million read/writes per cell), 
but since the prices ARE going down (E-Bay 256MB $50) and I do NEED a fast no-
nonsense and portable solution to 'extend' the specs on a machine, I'm 
willing to give it a shot.

How can this be done? (knoppix swap=/mnt/sda1)??

~
Debrihmi
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