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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
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Subject: Re: mfs & swap relationship
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In-Reply-To: <199702150502.GAA27639@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Feb 15, 1997 06:02:22 +0100
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As Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> > I've got patches in the queue
> > that allow using /dev/null as a template (in which case mount_mfs
> > invents some parameters, which is about the best it could do at all in
> > case swapping goes over NFS).
>
> you don't need patches if you create an entry in disktab and pass that
> name to mount_mfs. That's what I do for diskless machines, and it works
> just fine.
Hmm, although this seems to be a crock as well as my version, perhaps
we should stuff a generic `mfs' entry into /etc/disktab, and document
its use in the EXAMPLES section. Can you send your version to me?
(It will only make sense if you can override the actual size from the
commandline.)
--
cheers, J"org
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