Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2012 15:03:46 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanegomi@gmail.com> To: Don Lewis <truckman@freebsd.org> Cc: arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [patch] allow crash dumps to Linux swap partitions Message-ID: <CAGH67wQYJoF66Duwy3AZfTqGb1k3Tgk8D=gcBduk2YUgWRmEHQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201201082035.q08KZjL5024434@gw.catspoiler.org> References: <201201082035.q08KZjL5024434@gw.catspoiler.org>
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On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 12:35 PM, Don Lewis <truckman@freebsd.org> wrote:
> I've got a machine that is set up to dual boot both FreeBSD and Linux.
> It is also disk space impaired, so to make the best use possible of the
> available space, I have FreeBSD set up to swap to the Linux swap
> partition. Until now I haven't had working crash dumps because geom
> didn't permit crash dumps to Linux swap partitions. This patch removes
> that limitation. =A0This could be useful for users of laptops who boot
> multiple operating systems.
Seems like a good idea, but could dumping to a Linux partition
confuse FreeBSD or vice versa?
Thanks!
-Garrett
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