From owner-freebsd-doc Sat May 4 16: 8:52 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from blackhelicopters.org (geburah.blackhelicopters.org [209.69.178.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57B9F37B41B for ; Sat, 4 May 2002 16:08:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from mwlucas@localhost) by blackhelicopters.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g44N8fA13623; Sat, 4 May 2002 19:08:41 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mwlucas) Date: Sat, 4 May 2002 19:08:41 -0400 From: Michael Lucas To: Lawrence Mayer dsg Cc: freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Comments wanted on proposal: "Sharing Swap" Message-ID: <20020504190841.A13592@blackhelicopters.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from Lawrence.Mayer@dsg.ki.se on Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:20:58PM +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Lawrence, We rarely turn down any documentation. Mind you, we might run it through the wringer a few times to make certain that it's correct. :-) Unlike the Linux HOWTO folks, we bend over backwards to provide an absolutely central, completely correct documentation source. We aren't always completely successful, but that's the goal. ==ml On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 09:20:58PM +0200, Lawrence Mayer dsg wrote: > Hi, > > I am brand new to both Unix and FreeBSD (made my first FreeBSD > installation a week ago). Nevertheless, I would like to write > documentation on "How to make FreeBSD and Windows share swap space". > Either as a new section in the Handbook or as a freestanding Article on > freebsd.org. In the Handbook, it might fit nicely after section 6.11 > "Adding Swap Space". > > What do you think? Could such an article or Handbook section be a good > contribution to the documentation project? Or is it a stupid idea, which I > shouldn't waste my time with? > > At linuxdoc.org, I found 2 separate documents on sharing swap space > between Linux and Windows. But those documents don't apply well to > FreeBSD, since Linux (1) uses the mkswap command and (2) seems to have > trouble using files as swap. > > Please post your comments. Good idea or stupid idea? If good idea, as > freestanding article or Handbook section? > > If you think my proposal is worthy, I'll write a draft and submit it to > this mailing list (I don't have a website or FTP site) for your comments > and criticism. > > I hope to hear from you soon. > > Lawrence Mayer > Umeå, Sweden > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message -- Michael Lucas mwlucas@FreeBSD.org, mwlucas@BlackHelicopters.org http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/q/Big_Scary_Daemons Absolute BSD: http://www.nostarch.com/abs_bsd.htm To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message