>Number:         13675
>Category:       misc
>Synopsis:       mount_mfs usage is unclear in the absence of configured swap
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    misc-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Thu Aug 09 19:44:00 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     TheMan
>Release:        -current
>Organization:
none
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD this 1.5W NetBSD 1.5W (THAT) #50: Tue Jul 31 03:09:53 EDT 2001     root@this:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/THAT i386


>Description:

my friend joe booted a machine (mac tibook, from a custom kernel with
a miniroot, etc) and wanted to mount some mfs somewhere.  we had no
idea what to do.  some searching for how to do so was fruitless (a
later search showed two example in a few of the walnut and next68k
fstab example files).

>How-To-Repeat:

	boot a machine with no swap configured
	try to mount an mfs file system
	scratch your head and say wibble

>Fix:

one can apparently mount "swap" even in the absence of any configured
swap devices.  the documentation for mount_mfs(8) should be altered to
reflect this.  i will do this later when i have better words and
grammars to use for this.
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