From owner-freebsd-fs Fri Apr 6 21:46: 4 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-fs@freebsd.org Received: from ntlg.sibnet.ru (dns.sibnet.ru [217.70.96.34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 008F937B423 for ; Fri, 6 Apr 2001 21:46:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from semenu@FreeBSD.org) Received: from tlg5-ppp58.sibnet.ru (tlg5-ppp58.sibnet.ru [217.70.97.59]) by ntlg.sibnet.ru (8.9.3+Sun/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA28924; Sat, 7 Apr 2001 08:45:50 +0400 (MSD) Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 11:48:23 +0600 (GMT+6) From: "Semen A. Ustimenko" X-Sender: semenu@default To: Alexey Koptsevich Cc: fs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: ntfs In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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