Subject: Re: where to dump?
To: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/23/2000 13:22:06
On Sun, Apr 23, 2000 at 07:08:11AM -0400, mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:
> 
> 
> on 1.4.2 at boot time:
> .....
> root on sd1a dumps on sd1b
> root file system type: ffs
> swapctl: adding /dev/sd2b as swap device at priority 0
> .....
> 
> however, there is no sd1b, the drive has no swap on it, all the swap is on
> sd2.  Should I worry about this?  Can I change it?  Something like
> root on sd1a dumps on sd2b 
> sounds better.  savecore(8) didn't shed much light, but I'm not sure thats
> the right place to look.
> 
> Suggestions?

You can either recompile a kernel with
config          netbsd  root on ? type ? dumps on sd2b

or use 'swapctl -D sd2b' (or maybe 'swapctl -D /dev/sd2b').

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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