On Sat, 23 Dec 2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
walt wrote:
x ad0s4{a,b}, etc.).
I just tried using my linux swap partition/slice on DF. To avoid
the errors you mention I had to add a disklabel to the swap slice:
#disklabel -w -r /dev/ad0s8 auto
#swapon /dev/ad0s8
# swapinfo
Device
walt wrote:
>x ad0s4{a,b}, etc.).
>
> I just tried using my linux swap partition/slice on DF. To avoid
> the errors you mention I had to add a disklabel to the swap slice:
>
> #disklabel -w -r /dev/ad0s8 auto
>
> #swapon /dev/ad0s8
>
> # swapinfo
> Device 1K-blocks UsedAvail
On Tue, 19 Dec 2006, Ja'far Railton wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:23:28AM -0800, walt wrote:
> > Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:45:22AM +0300, Ja'far Railton wrote:
> > >> I would like to make use of a swap slice left over from a Linux install
> > >> (in order to
Ja'far Railton wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:23:28AM -0800, walt wrote:
>> If the existing swap partition in linux was e.g. /dev/hda7, then in
>> DragonFly you would do this:
>>
>> # cd /dev
>> # ./MAKEDEV ad0s7
> Thanks for the replies.
>
> Well, I tried MAKEDEV with ad0s4 (and other per
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:23:28AM -0800, walt wrote:
> Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:45:22AM +0300, Ja'far Railton wrote:
> >> I would like to make use of a swap slice left over from a Linux install
> >> (in order to free up the current DFly swap partition for other use)
Joerg Sonnenberger wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:45:22AM +0300, Ja'far Railton wrote:
>> I would like to make use of a swap slice left over from a Linux install
>> (in order to free up the current DFly swap partition for other use).
>> It is therefore an extended partion. I have googled this
On Tue, Dec 19, 2006 at 11:45:22AM +0300, Ja'far Railton wrote:
> I would like to make use of a swap slice left over from a Linux install
> (in order to free up the current DFly swap partition for other use).
> It is therefore an extended partion. I have googled this but need some
> pointers. Can a
Hello
I would like to make use of a swap slice left over from a Linux install
(in order to free up the current DFly swap partition for other use).
It is therefore an extended partion. I have googled this but need some
pointers. Can anyone help me with this?
Below is the disklabel. (I have altere
