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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installing FredBSD 2.0 ..... /swap file.....
Date: 24 Jul 1995 11:38:04 +0200
Organization: Private U**x site, Dresden.
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References: <webmaster.182.0021C800@buyit.com>
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webmaster <webmaster@buyit.com> wrote:
>I'm installing FressBSD 2.0 in a Gateway 386/66 with a Western Digital 210MB
>IDE. I've got a 100mb partition setup for unix and the boot manager went down
>ok. When I use "DISKLABEL" to define the "/swap" area, and it shows up as
>/swap, I select "PROCEED" and the install routine tells me that I must first
>define a "/swap" area?
Nope, /swap is not a file and it's not being mounted. It's just a raw
partition used for paging by the system. It's specified by the magic
string "swap" (as opposed to "/swap").
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cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)