From owner-freebsd-current Thu Dec 19 06:05:34 1996 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) id GAA23318 for current-outgoing; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 06:05:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from vector.jhs.no_domain (slip139-92-4-122.mu.de.ibm.net [139.92.4.122]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.4/8.8.4) with ESMTP id GAA23313 for ; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 06:05:20 -0800 (PST) Received: (from jhs@localhost) by vector.jhs.no_domain (8.7.5/8.6.9) id CAA16661; Thu, 19 Dec 1996 02:49:56 +0100 (MET) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 02:49:56 +0100 (MET) Message-Id: <199612190149.CAA16661@vector.jhs.no_domain> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: 2.1.6 mandates a swap, I suggest it shouldn't From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" X-Organization: Vector Systems Ltd. X-Mailer: EXMH 1.6.7, PGP available X-Address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany X-Phone: +49.89.268616 X-Fax: +49.89.2608126 X-ISDN: +49.89.26023276 X-Web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk I'd like to suggest that install is being un-necessarily strict in requiring a swap partition ... I suggest it should merely warn & encourage, like it does for /var & /usr (unless maybe swap is required during the install itself as raw disc for unpacking or something). Reason I suggest we not mandate a swap: space. I was installing a small disc without space for swap, as I needed a little system up, for diagnosing other problems. I've built small systems by hand without swap before, one just has to be modest in process launching. As I couldn't use 2.1.6 install to do this, I've abandoned 2.1.6 install, & am cloning my spare 80M scsi disc from a current system. I could imagine other candidates for FreeBSD might have their sizable discs in use already, & also like me, want to see if their hardware will boot etc, using a small spare old disc ... so a pity that swap is mandatory. Julian --- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/