Path: utzoo!yunexus!maccs!nusip From: nusip@maccs.McMaster.CA (Mike Borza) Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport Subject: Re: ps *insists* on accessing floppy on Microport SysV/AT 2.4 Keywords: ps, /dev/swap, "is it safe?" Message-ID: <2601@maccs.McMaster.CA> Date: 3 May 89 01:23:39 GMT Article-I.D.: maccs.2601 References: <291@tree.UUCP> <102277@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <2600@maccs.McMaster.CA> Reply-To: nusip@maccs.UUCP (Mike Borza) Organization: McMaster U., Hamilton, Ont., Can. Lines: 51 Ahhh... for whatever reason (you pick one), the last informative posting should have included more than my signature. Let's try again... In article <102277@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> plocher@sun.UUCP (John Plocher) writes: >In article <291@tree.UUCP> stever@tree.UUCP (Steve Rudek) writes: >>It worked except that "ps" thereafter insisted on always accessing the floppy drive. ... and other good stuff >It looks like you have the following: > rootdev = pipedev = harddisk > swapdev = floppydisk >>safe to say tht the two devices are NOT linked? (It appears that swap is >Yes, /dev/swap is on the hard disk. But this doesn't mean that swapdev = /dev/swap! I DON'T want to add to the confusion here, BUT, did things change that much between SV/AT 2.3 and 2.4?? The directory in Steve's original posting is: brw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1,198 Mar 23 1986 /dev/swap brw-r--r-- 5 root sys 1, 70 Mar 28 17:21 /dev/dsk/fd brw-r--r-- 1 root sys 1,198 Mar 23 1986 /dev/dsk/0s25 On my SV/AT 2.3 system, /dev/dsk/0s25 is at major 6, minor 198, while all partitions on the hard disk are at major device 4. It certainly looks to me like /dev/swap is on the floppy disk in Steve's system, just as Piercarlo suspected. /dev/swap lives at 4,1 on my system. >>linked instead to /dev/dsk/0s25...yes?) Is it "safe" to just >>"ln /dev/swap /dev/dsk/fd" ?? >No you don't want to link it back to the floppy. True enough, but it just looks to me like it's a duplicate entry instead of a link. Have I missed something obvious and just made an ass of myself? Were the floppy and hard disk drivers coalesced in 2.4? I don't see any reason why they should be (or even why anyone would want to), but I'd be interested to hear about it if they were. John? mike borza. (cruft for inews ) -- Michael Borza work: Antel Optronics Inc. home: (416)335-5507 occasionally: 3325B Mainway, Burlington, Ont., Canada L7M 1A6