From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp-out.tiscali.be (spoolo2.tiscali.be [62.235.13.211]) by dsl2.external.hp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 904894829 for ; Sat, 10 May 2003 16:31:46 -0600 (MDT) Message-ID: <3EBD7E96.6030501@tiscali.be> Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 22:35:02 +0000 From: Joel Soete MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bruno Vidal Cc: parisc-linux Subject: Re: [parisc-linux] dump module: new feature References: <3EB6460D.6040704@admin.france.hp.com> In-Reply-To: <3EB6460D.6040704@admin.france.hp.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed 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: Bruno Vidal wrote: > 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. > Hi Bruno, I just recover my b2k test system (even I quiet sure to find from place to place some files corrupted by its crash) and I would so now find some free time to test your last patch if you would still submit it to me. Regards, Joel