Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 23:07:45 -0500 From: John Dowdal <jdowdal@destiny.dorm.umd.edu> To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org Subject: docs/1023: Error in handbook wrt creating NFS swap Message-ID: <199602130407.XAA15124@destiny.dorm.umd.edu> Resent-Message-ID: <199602130410.UAA29380@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 1023 >Category: docs >Synopsis: using touch to create swap file for NFS doesn't work >Confidential: no >Severity: serious >Priority: medium >Responsible: freebsd-bugs >State: open >Class: doc-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Mon Feb 12 20:10:01 PST 1996 >Last-Modified: >Originator: John Dowdal >Organization: UMD >Release: FreeBSD 2.1.0-STABLE i386 >Environment: FreeBSD destiny.dorm.umd.edu 2.1-STABLE FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE #1: Thu Feb 8 17:59:06 EST 1996 jdowdal@destiny.dorm.umd.edu:/usr/src/sys/compile/DESTINY i386 File: /usr/share/doc/handbook/handbook.ascii Supped on 2-3-96 The following URL also contains the problem: http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook180.html#311 >Description: The following text is incorrect: 5. If you are swapping over NFS (completely diskless configuration) create a swap file for your client using touch. If your swapfs command has the argument /swapfs as in the example above, the swapfile for myclient will be called /swapfs/swap.X.X.X.X where X.X.X.X is the client's IP addr, eg: # touch /swapfs/swap.192.1.2.4 A zero byte swapfile will lead to a spontaneous reboot when the machine attempts to swap. This should be: # dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfs/swap.192.1.2.4 bs=1k count=swapsize (where swapsize is the value given in the bootptab) Other bugs in the netbooting section are: Update supported ethernet cards to include 3c509 (using nb3c509.com) Make it clear that FreeBSD can be used as a server OS for netbooting (currently indicates only HPUX and Slowaris can be used) Perhaps add some details for creating the NFS root filesystem. >How-To-Repeat: N/A >Fix: Update the documentation as indicated above >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:
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