From owner-freebsd-alpha Sat Jul 22 22:21:12 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from wall.polstra.com (rtrwan160.accessone.com [206.213.115.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D674E37B781; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:21:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Received: from vashon.polstra.com (vashon.polstra.com [206.213.73.13]) by wall.polstra.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id WAA00625; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:21:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) From: John Polstra Received: (from jdp@localhost) by vashon.polstra.com (8.9.3/8.9.1) id WAA99377; Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:21:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jdp@polstra.com) Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 22:21:08 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200007230521.WAA99377@vashon.polstra.com> To: msmith@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Question about alpha bootstrap In-Reply-To: <200007222021.NAA10033@mass.osd.bsdi.com> References: <200007222021.NAA10033@mass.osd.bsdi.com> Organization: Polstra & Co., Seattle, WA Cc: alpha@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In article <200007222021.NAA10033@mass.osd.bsdi.com>, Mike Smith wrote: [boot1 looks for /boot/loader on filesystem at beginning of disk, 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. Thanks. My situation actually isn't related to swap. I have a somewhat stale dual-boot setup where I can get -stable by booting da0a or -current by booting da0f. But this means I'm using -stable's /boot/loader in both cases. It hasn't been a problem in the past, but I suppose it could be one some day. John -- John Polstra jdp@polstra.com John D. Polstra & Co., Inc. Seattle, Washington USA "Disappointment is a good sign of basic intelligence." -- Chögyam Trungpa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message