Subject: Re: README: changes to config, to support dump device configuration
To: Erik E. Fair <fair@clock.org>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: current-users
Date: 06/14/1997 16:53:55
On Sat, 14 Jun 1997 16:45:24 -0700
"Erik E. Fair" (Time Keeper) <fair@clock.org> wrote:
> One other thing I'd like to have made clear to me: what does wildcarded
> dump device mean in config? Into whatever swap is configured? What happens
> when you don't configure any swap?
It follows the same rules as the old "wildcarded swap" device used to...
If root device is a disk, dumps go on partition 'b' of that
disk. Else, disable dumps.
Swap is now totally unrelated to dumps.
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