Date: Mon, 29 Apr 1996 18:33:02 -0700 From: Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: Harlan.Stenn@pfcs.com (Harlan Stenn), freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a Linix swap area for FreeBSD? Message-ID: <m0uE4JN-000r3tC@main.statsci.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 29 Apr 1996 14:50:03 -0700." <199604292150.OAA05212@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <199604292150.OAA05212@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> wrote:
> Linux expects swap to be in a particular format. Like using
> the Windows 3.1 swap file, you will have to make Linux reset
> the swap area after reboot to make it usable again for Linux.
I think I've done this before...I ended up with something along the lines of
1) Modify the Linux boot sequence to initialize the swap partition
('mkswap' command, if I remember correctly, or maybe it was a 'dd' of
the first N bytes of the partition or some such). Then use 'swapon' to
add it.
2) Modify the FreeBSD boot sequence to initialize the swap partition (put
a disklabel down on it). Then use 'swapon' to add it.
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