From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from sc8-sf-mx1-b.sourceforge.net ([10.3.1.91] helo=mail.sourceforge.net) by sc8-sf-list1-new.sourceforge.net with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HsnXS-0004B2-Bz for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:07 -0700 Received: from [198.99.130.12] (helo=saraswathi.solana.com) by mail.sourceforge.net with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.44) id 1HsnXQ-00046U-Sh for user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Mon, 28 May 2007 15:18:06 -0700 Date: Mon, 28 May 2007 18:10:44 -0400 From: Jeff Dike Message-ID: <20070528221044.GA9367@c2.user-mode-linux.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [uml-devel] diffrence between swap partition and swap file? List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: battipatisainagendra Bhavaniprasad Cc: user-mode-linux-devel On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:07:18AM -0400, battipatisainagendra Bhavaniprasad wrote: > 1.What is the diffrence between swap partition and swap file? Swapping on a disk partition vs swapping into a file. > 2.If i create swap file, will it reside in host kernel? Of course - everything on the system resides in the host kernel. > 3.Is it possible to create swap partition(disk partition) for UML? Sure. > 4.I am trying to mount a file from host kernel to guest kernel.....can any > one give me a way to do that? host% uml_mconsole config ubdb /path/to/host/file UML# mount /dev/ubdb /mnt > 5.What is the diffrence between skas0 and skas3? skas3 requires a patch to the host kernel, skas0 does not, and will run on a stock host. OTOH, some operations are faster on a skas3 host. Jeff -- Work email - jdike at linux dot intel dot com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel