Subject: Re: dd: /dev/rsd0b: Read-only file system
To: None <port-sparc@netbsd.org>
From: Antti Kantee <pooka@iki.fi>
List: port-sparc
Date: 12/09/1999 00:03:56
On Wed Dec 08 1999 at 21:51:01 +0100, Manuel Bouyer wrote:
> > So I went ahead and installed 1.4.1. And still I am going crazy
> > wondering why the hell swap is a read-only filesystem. If you know why,
> > please help me (but tell it in a fashion that won't make me feel utterly
> > stupid ;). And if you're guessing securelevel: it's -1 on the
> > bootfloppy.
>
> Maybe because it's already used for swap ?
> I'm not sure if the boot floppy enables swap or not ...
Nopes, swapctl was checked also. Besides, how could the boot floppy
enable swap on partition I've labeled _after_ booting the floppy? ;)
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