From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from bbnrel4.net.external.hp.com (bbnrel4.net.external.hp.com [155.208.254.68]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4C9C4882 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 05:08:04 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hpfrcu03.france.hp.com (hpfrcu03.france.hp.com [15.129.16.51]) by bbnrel4.net.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id E28BD6E for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 13:08:02 +0200 (METDST) Received: from admin.france.hp.com (ssdpc48.france.hp.com [15.129.234.2]) by hpfrcu03.france.hp.com (8.9.3 (PHNE_26305+JAGae58098)/8.9.3 SMKit7.02) with ESMTP id NAA08761 for ; Mon, 5 May 2003 13:07:57 +0200 (METDST) Message-ID: <3EB6460D.6040704@admin.france.hp.com> Date: Mon, 05 May 2003 13:07:57 +0200 From: Bruno Vidal MIME-Version: 1.0 To: parisc-linux Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: [parisc-linux] dump module: new feature Sender: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org Errors-To: parisc-linux-admin@lists.parisc-linux.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: parisc-linux developers list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Hi For people who are intersting to it, the dump modules is now checking that it is a swap device before configuring it. So it remove the risk to dump to a file system. It check for the swap magic "SWAP-SPACE" (v0) or "SWAPSPACE2" (v1). The partition is not necessary an active one, it should only be created by mkswap (so no file system on it). Cheers. -- Vidal Bruno, (770-4271) SSD-HA Team, HP-UX & LINUX Support bruno_vidal@admin.france.hp.com