Subject: Re: Q: swap-filesystems <-> vnd-swapfiles ?
To: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
From: Kevin Sullivan <ksulliva@kludge.psc.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/21/1997 14:47:10
: However, NetBSD can swap to files directly now, without vnd.  Are you
: not using NetBSD-current?

I just tried swapping to a file on a DOS partition (damn laptops don't
have enough space for one OS, much less two).  Whenever I do this it
works for a while, but then NetBSD dies during heavy swapping.  No
dump, just a reboot.  Anyone know what could cause this?

This was with NetBSD-current (a few weeks old).  I didn't use a vnd, I
just swapped right to the file "swapctl /dos/swap".

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Kevin Sullivan
Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center