Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 09:10:01 +0200 From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> To: "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" <grog@FreeBSD.org> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/nfsclient bootp_subr.c nfs_diskless.c nfs_vfsops.c nfsdiskless.h Message-ID: <18381.1061017801@critter.freebsd.dk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 16 Aug 2003 10:39:42 %2B0930." <20030816010942.GC8274@wantadilla.lemis.com>
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In message <20030816010942.GC8274@wantadilla.lemis.com>, "Greg 'groggy' Lehey" writes: >> Suggested replacement command sequence on the client: >> >> dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1k count=1 oseek=100000 >> swapon /swapfile >> rm -f /swapfile >> >> For whatever value of 100000 you want. > >I'm confused. Why was this necessary? Which is the "magic" way? Is >the rm -f /swapfile really necessary, or just a foot guard? The stuff removed made (yet) a magic mountpoint in the kernel and didn't have any beneficial properties the above three commands doesn't have too. Removing the swapfile is means that the file dies on the server and that nobody can write trash in it. -- Poul-Henning Kamp | UNIX since Zilog Zeus 3.20 phk@FreeBSD.ORG | TCP/IP since RFC 956 FreeBSD committer | BSD since 4.3-tahoe Never attribute to malice what can adequately be explained by incompetence.
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