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To: roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert)
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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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>While I'm at this, is there a known problem with either pppd or the vn swap
>files in 2.1.5 ? We've stopped using both for a while and the machine
>hasn't crahsed yet...

   There is a very good chance that there are problems with both, but you
should definately avoid the VN device in 2.1.x if at all possible, especially
if it will be used as a swap device (hint: this isn't the first report of
problems with it).

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project