Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 18:50:16 +1100 (EST) From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: gjb@freebsd.org Subject: 1MB swap partition on 11.0 memstick Message-ID: <20161104183856.U41537@sola.nimnet.asn.au>
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Still wondering .. I have no spare box to install 11.0 on at present but
want to be sure the memstick mentioned below will be fit for purpose.
I can easily add a 1.0MB swap partition to that, but is it necessary?
From:
# $FreeBSD: head/release/amd64/make-memstick.sh 293188 2016-01-05 03:20:45Z gjb $
[..]
mkimg -s gpt -b ${1}/boot/pmbr -p efi:=${1}/boot/boot1.efifat \
-p freebsd-boot:=${1}/boot/gptboot -p freebsd-ufs:=${2}.part \
-p freebsd-swap::1M -o ${2}
=== reposted:
Tried in -questions but no takers ..
root@x200:~ # mdconfig -lv
md0 vnode 700M
/home/smithi/FreeBSD-11.0-RELEASE-amd64-memstick.img
root@x200:~ # gpart show -p md0
=> 3 1433741 md0 GPT (700M)
3 1600 md0p1 efi (800k)
1603 125 md0p2 freebsd-boot (62k)
1728 1429968 md0p3 freebsd-ufs (698M)
1431696 2048 md0p4 freebsd-swap (1.0M)
What is the 1.0M swap partition for? Is it needed by bsdinstall?
I have an MBR-scheme sliced memstick using boot0 with that md0p3 dd'd to
da0s2a which boots fine, but have only run it as 'Live CD' and have not
run the installer, but am wondering if a) that swap partition is really
needed and if so, b) what can usefully be done with 1MB of swap ..
cheers, Ian
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