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Date:      Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:46:57 +0930
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Lutz Kittler <Lutz.Kittler@sse-erfurt.de>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Swap-Space
Message-ID:  <20020830061657.GV49032@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <15727.349.167382.859992@master.sse-erfurt.de>
References:  <15726.4051.211067.109514@master.sse-erfurt.de> <20020830011043.GG49032@wantadilla.lemis.com> <15727.349.167382.859992@master.sse-erfurt.de>

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On Friday, 30 August 2002 at  7:23:41 +0200, Lutz Kittler wrote:
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey writes:
>> On Thursday, 29 August 2002 at 14:13:07 +0200, Lutz Kittler wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> when I look at my swapspace I see :
>>>
>>> Device            1K-blocks   Used    Avail Capacity  Type
>>> /dev/da0s1b        524160      116   524044     0%    Interleaved
>>> /dev/da0s1b        524160       64   524096     0%    Interleaved
>>> /dev/rda0s2b       524160        0   524160     0%    Interleaved
>>> Total             1572480      180  1572300     0%
>>
>> This looks dangerous.
>>
>>> In fstab there is :
>>>
>>> /dev/da0s1b		none		swap	sw		0	0
>>> /dev/da0s2b		none		swap	sw		0	0
>>>
>>> Why do I see /dev/da0s1b twice and why all 2 are used ?
>>
>> Good question.  Check your other /etc/rc* files and see if you're
>> inadvertently adding something twice.  The /dev/rda0s2b loos
>> particularly surprising.
>>
>> Looking at the summary, it's possible that you could end up with
>> extreme data corruption here if the VM system thinks that the last two
>> partitions are distinct and overwrites data on them.  You should
>> resolve this problem as soon as possible.  Try this:
>>
>> 1.  Boot to single user.
>> 2.  Mount /usr.
>> 3.  Do 'pstat -s'.  You should see no swap.
>> 4.  Do 'swapon -a', then 'pstat -s'.  You should see only two swap
>>     partitions.
>> 5.  Continue booting to multi-user.  You should still see only two
>>     swap partitions.
>>
>> If this doesn't work, please report where it goes wrong.
>>
>> Greg
>
> Hi ,
>
> I did the things you said. Just know I see /dev/da0s1b once
> but still there is :
>  /dev/rda0s2b       524160        0   524160     0%    Interleaved

As I said, 

>> If this doesn't work, please report where it goes wrong.

Greg
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