Swap slice length probs on install
Richard Yates SPG
R.J.Yates@open.ac.uk
Thu, 12 Mar 1998 12:01:03 +0000 (GMT)
We labelled up a / disk for later encapsulation. It was
a 1.05GB drive, with s0 for root, and a two-cylinder s1
for swap, as this gives the size needed for the private
region for this disk (2.1GB and above only need one
cylinder).
This turned out to be a mistake, as on reboot after the
encapsulation something complained about a zero length
swap slice, and the #### thing came up 1gle-user. I was
not there when this went on, so perhaps a quick hack in
the vfstab and a format and label might've fixed it.
Any ideas what was happening?
The workaround was to allow 3 cylinders for swap, then
things were OK, but this is messy - we were left with a
disk label with a one-cylinder swap (later disposed of).
Swap was always going to be on a different device.
Richard.
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