Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:48:23 +0600 (GMT+6) From: "Semen A. Ustimenko" <semenu@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> Cc: fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ntfs Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104071143250.686-100000@default> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104070823180.63492-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>
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On Sat, 7 Apr 2001, Alexey Koptsevich wrote: > > > > [About having swap on NTFS volume?] No, i wouldn't... Though this seemed > > > > to work 2 years ago, It may seriously harm your NTFS volume. Sorry... > > > It's OK to use vn over NTFS's file, you can do what you want with vn > > device later. This is almost the only way you can use driver's write > > support, beacuse it doesn't support file size change, directory changes, > > etc... > > Sorry, I cannot tell the difference between these two cases! Why is it > safe to use 'vn device later' but harmful to swap to this device? > Sorry if I wasn't clear enough, the idea was that it is potenitaly dangerous to use writing on NTFS volume, regardless the way you do this (dd if=foo of=/ntfs/foo conv=notrunc or vnoconfig vn0 /ntfs/fooswap or whatever way you'll find) Having swap on such device, adds a risk to harm your FreeBSD installation due to possible errors in driver. Bye! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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