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Date:      Sat, 22 Jul 2000 13:21:07 -0700
From:      Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
To:        John Polstra <jdp@polstra.com>
Cc:        alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Question about alpha bootstrap 
Message-ID:  <200007222021.NAA10033@mass.osd.bsdi.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 22 Jul 2000 12:20:21 PDT." <XFMail.000722122021.jdp@polstra.com> 

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> >From looking at the Alpha boot1 code, it seems that the bootstrap
> expects there to be a filesystem which starts at the beginning of the
> disk, and it finds "/boot/loader" (or whatever filename you type in)
> there.  So, for example, it wouldn't work to put a swap partition
> first on the disk.
> 
> Is that right?

That's correct.

If you want maximum swap performance, you want swap on the outside of the 
disk.  This typically means working out whether your disk counts 
inside-out or outside-in, and organising accordingly.

-- 
... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his
rivals and unfortunately opponents also.  But not because people want
to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force
people to take different points of view.  [Dr. Fritz Todt]




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