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List:       netbsd-port-xen
Subject:    Re: swap file for linux stopped working: mail #2
From:       Manuel Bouyer <bouyer () antioche ! eu ! org>
Date:       2008-10-07 8:40:02
Message-ID: 20081007084001.GA14508 () tibre ! lip6 ! fr
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On Tue, Oct 07, 2008 at 10:33:47AM +0200, Marcin M. Jessa wrote:
> For some reason swap is sda and / is hda.
> Changing root='' option in the domU's config file does not seem to have 
> any impact...
> 
> 
> /dev/hda1       /       ext3    errors=remount-ro       0       1
> /dev/sda2       none    swap    sw                      0       0

I suspect something changed in the linux kernel and this type of configuration
is not well supported any more. I've been using plain devices (i.e
/dev/hda or /dev/sda) for my linux domUs with success (/dev/hda being
partitionned by the linux installer anyway), and I think it's the most
used configuration.

-- 
Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
     NetBSD: 26 ans d'experience feront toujours la difference
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