Subject: Re: config swap generic doesn't work
To: Tom Yu <tlyu@MIT.EDU>
From: Michael L. Hitch <mhitch@lightning.oscs.montana.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/31/1996 16:56:25
On Oct 30, 11:43pm, Tom Yu wrote:
> I recently tried to build a 1.2B kernel from yesterday's sup and the
> "swap generic" config line doesn't work, meaning the "GENERIC" kernel
> doesn't work.  What happens is I end up with "panic: swapinit" on
> boot.  This problem doesn't happen if I specify the root, swap, and
> dump devices explicitly.  Were there some recent changes that broke
> generic swap?

  Oops - the "options GENERIC" line did not get into the GENERIC kernel
config file.  That option is required for a "swap generic" kernel.

Michael

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