[ltp] Re: Set-up for an x301?

[Derrick Karpo]

On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 6:36 AM, Per Dalgas Jakobsen <pdj@knaldgas.dk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>>>I have fetched the latest stable kernel 2.6.28...
>
>>Good, I found 2.6.28 to improve my power
>>consumtion a lot. 2.6.27 did generate a lot of
>>interupts from the i915 chip.
>
> Sounds like I'm on the right track :-)
>
>
>>>*) Should I use Swap-partition or not? Will no-swap affect
>>>suspend/resume actions?
>
>>You need a swap partition for hibernation. Swap
>>also helps against memory fragmentation.
>
> Hmm you are probably right - Come to think of it, it will probably also
> cause the fewest problems to have it enabled.
>
>
>>>*) Which file-system should I use for the SSD drive (or which
>>>file-system should I avoid)?
>
>>I would use the default FS of your distribution.
>>I'm not sure if there is anything optimized for
>>SSDs yet.
>
> EXT3 it is then...
>
>

Some links you might be interested in:

  http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=52503
  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Acer_Aspire_One
  http://blogs.zdnet.com/perlow/?p=9190

Derrick