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Date: Fri, 13 Sep 1996 14:40:13 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> The vn device is not of any utility in getting a machine running far
> enough to compile a new kernel.

It sure does if you have no swap partition configured (or it's been
rendered unusable) and you just need to get enough swap made
available, using anything from your windows swap file to a file
hastily constructued in /var somewhere for the purpose, to compile a
rescue kernel.

Maybe when swapon works "native" on regular files it should go.  I've
found it useful several times.

					Jordan