Subject: Re: NFS root problems [Was: Re: Kernel cross build problems]
To: Ben Harris <bjh21@netbsd.org>
From: David Brownlee <abs@netbsd.org>
List: port-arm26
Date: 11/28/2001 20:18:07
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, Ben Harris wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Nov 2001, David Brownlee wrote:
>
> > > Then swap1 should do:
> > >
> > > swapctl -A -t blk
> > > swapctl -A -t noblk -q
> > >
> > > and swap2 would stay as-is.
> >
> > What about just 'swapctl -A -q' in swap1 - that would allow you to
> > have swap on blk filesystems that get mounted later and picked up
> > by swap2?
>
> "blk filesystems" are raw discs. I'd be a little worried about ones that
> aren't available until swap2. Nonetheless, I'm not sure that doing this
> would have many bad consequences. It probably wants floating past
> tech-userlevel first, in any case.
That could be anything not in $critical_filesystems_beforenet -
say /usr/local or /home. I agree a wider review would be
a good thing :)
PS: Are you going to be able to make the midlands acorn show?
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