Messages in this thread |  | | Subject | Re: mount /dev/hdb2 /usr; swapon /dev/hdb2 keeps flooding | Date | Sun, 13 May 2001 17:23:07 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> Erm... Let me restate: what did you expect to achieve with that? > Swap on device means that all contents of that device is lost. > Mounting fs from device generally means that you don't want the > loss of contents. At least until you unmount the thing.
Actually no. There is no swap magic so the swap fails. Unfortunately it appears to have hosed the mount in the meantime.
Alan
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