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How to make 105mb internal drive a swapdisk?

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From: James Goes
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 18:49
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I recently installed a 1.3 gig external drive for my 8/105 workstation, and  
have heard some discussion about using the old internal 105mb drive as a  
"swapdisk" to speed up access times.  Can anyone tell me how to do this or  
point me to an FAQ that addresses this issue.

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From: goes@chimera.sph.umn.edu (James Goes)
Subject: How to make 105mb internal drive a swapdisk?
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