Return to BSD News archive
Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!noc.msc.net!uc.msc.edu!shamash!runyon.cim.cdc.com!pbd From: pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com (Paul Dokas) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: BEWARE: stupid placement of swap space... Keywords: (or: Don't be stupid like me :-) Message-ID: <48157@shamash.cdc.com> Date: 30 Sep 92 21:16:19 GMT References: <47897@shamash.cdc.com> <1992Sep30.134121.23744@csx.cciw.ca> Sender: usenet@shamash.cdc.com Organization: ICEM Systems, Inc. Lines: 13 In article <1992Sep30.134121.23744@csx.cciw.ca>, u009@csx.cciw.ca (G. Stewart Beal) writes: |> Does this mean even if the swap partition is specified to start at cylinder |> 1 or 2? Does the swap creep, or just want to use block 0 of the partition |> starting at cyl 0? If so, it sounds like an "off by one" boundary bug. According to the explanation given to me, the swap problems will only surface when the swap starts in cyl 0. Starting the swap in cyl 1 will avoid overwriting the partition info but lose a usable cylinder. -- #include <std.disclaimer> #define FULL_NAME "Paul Dokas" #define EMAIL "pbd@runyon.cim.cdc.com" /* we are realizing infinite possibilities in exchange for our soul */