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From: doss@diku.UUCP (Dennis Olsson)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: Re: Strange behavior at boot time from swapon...
Message-ID: <1077@diku.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Jul-85 16:48:18 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 22 16:48:18 1985
Date-Received: Wed, 24-Jul-85 07:21:53 EDT
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Organization: DIKU, U of Copenhagen, DK
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In article <117@amc.UUCP> eric@amc.UUCP (Eric McRae) writes:
>> Adding /dev/rra0b as swap device
>> No such device: \c

This is due to a little code error (bug?) in /usr/src/etc/swapon.c
(see the report in net.bugs.4bsd)

>With 4.2 on an 11/750, you (read I) can only swap on filesystems on
>the boot controller.  I remember something like this when I switched
>the root filesystem to a new controller.  I didn't change fstab except
>for the / entry.

Well, read fstab(5), and you'll notice, that you also have to enter
the names of your other swap devices, not only the root file system;
that's just another logical filesystem.
You will always have at least *one* swap device, due to configuration
of your kernel (look through your config file(s)).  And *this* swap
cannot be added, since it is already added as a swap device.
Therefore, if you try to add /dev/rra0b as a swap device, *and*
your config file(s) has the line:
	config vmunix root on ra0a swap on ra0b
/etc/swapon will say: No such device: /dev/ra0b.
(or - at least - should say so! and will after the bug-eater)
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