UML question

David A. Bandel david
Mon May 17 11:57:46 PDT 2004


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On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 20:50:23 -0500 (EST)
Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:

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> > First, where did you find that (referring to the udb7 <-> swap)?
> 
> I'm pretty sure its buried in the official documentation on the UML
> website.
> 
> > Second, it doesn't work any differently:
> >
> > Kernel command line: ubd7=swap2
> > eth0=daemon,,,/var/run/uml-utilities/uml_switch.ctl ubd0=uml2
> > root=/dev/ubd0
> >
> > uml2:~# swapon /dev/ubd7
> > swapon: /dev/ubd7: No such device
> > uml2:~# ls -al /dev/ubd7
> > brw-rw----    1 root     disk      98,   7 Dec 30 18:09 /dev/ubd7
> 
> You already have an entry for swap in your fstab?  Inside the UML
> instance it should be /dev/ubd/7.  Perhaps try:
> swapon /dev/ubd/7

I don't have a /dev/ubd/<anything> only /dev/ubd#[#].

> 
> Does kswapd get started when you boot the UML instance?

yep.

Ciao,

David A. Bandel
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