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| author | Karel Zak | 2006-12-07 00:25:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Karel Zak | 2006-12-07 00:25:43 +0100 |
| commit | 22853e4a82c6ef7b336527529acb94b14a0b0fd8 (patch) | |
| tree | ee28e4598c8c449d7e811711d8ce8eb17caecfb6 /disk-utils/mkswap.8 | |
| parent | Imported from util-linux-2.10f tarball. (diff) | |
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Imported from util-linux-2.10m tarball.
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| -rw-r--r-- | disk-utils/mkswap.8 | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 index 368ef3b5c..4ee3627ab 100644 --- a/disk-utils/mkswap.8 +++ b/disk-utils/mkswap.8 @@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ able to look it up with "cat /proc/cpuinfo" (or you may not - the contents of this file depend on architecture and kernel version). To setup a swap file, it is necessary to create that file before -running +initializing it with .B mkswap , e.g. using a command like @@ -140,13 +140,12 @@ Create a new style swap area. .LP If no \-v option is given, .B mkswap -will default to old style if the size of the swap area does not -exceed the maximum size of an old style swap area, and also if -the current kernel is older than 2.1.117 (and also if PAGE_SIZE -is less than 2048). +will default to new style, but use old style if the current kernel +is older than 2.1.117 (and also if PAGE_SIZE is less than 2048). The new style header does not touch the first block, so may be -preferable (also if the swap area is small), in case you have -a boot loader or disk label there. +preferable, in case you have a boot loader or disk label there. +If you need to use both 2.0 and 2.2 kernels, use the \-v0 option +when creating the swapspace. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR fdisk (8), |