Subject: swapping to *just* vnd0
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: None <Todd.Williamson@cs.cmu.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 05/21/1996 21:54:43
Am I supposed to be able to do this?
I want to swap to just vnd0.
I compiled a kernel with
root on wd0 swap on wd0 and vnd0
I have no wd0b, so when I boot up, I get the
WARNING: no swap space present
error message.
Then I run:
# vnconfig -v /dev/vnd0b swapfile
and it reports that the file is 16 MB.
Then I do
# swapon /dev/vnd0b
which returns with no error.
When I run pstat -s, I get the following error:
# pstat -s
pstat: panic: nswapmap goof
Anyway, it doesn't seem to be using the swap space, since I can't get
X started up (I only have 8 MB of RAM). It gets up to where it starts
spawning some xterms, and dies. X used to start just fine before with
a regular swap partition on wd0b.
So, do I have to have a swap partition on my disk? I guess it
wouldn't be too hard to repartition the disk, but is seems like a
pain.
Thanks,
-Todd.