Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2003 00:19:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug Barton <DougB@FreeBSD.org> To: Scott Long <scottl@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: swapon vs savecore dilemma Message-ID: <20030902001718.V6074@znfgre.qbhto.arg> In-Reply-To: <3F543FA0.7020801@freebsd.org> References: <41076.1062480964@critter.freebsd.dk> <20030901233731.U6074@znfgre.qbhto.arg> <3F543FA0.7020801@freebsd.org>
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On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Scott Long wrote:
> I still think that the real problem is in running swapon before
> savecore. In 99% of the cases out there, RAM scales with storage,
> so I really can't imaging fsck needing to swap, and certainly not
> in it's 'preen-before-background' mode.
I agree, but the proble is that in order to make this successful in a
scenario when the system is well and truly fubar (which is where you're
most likely to want a good dump), then just moving it earlier isn't
enough.
Doug
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