Re: Swap device vs Swap file

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Hi...

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:59 PM, Michael Blizek
<michi1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> On 01:52 Sun 26 Oct     , Mulyadi Santosa wrote:
>> Hi...
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 4:05 PM, Michael Blizek
>> > A swap device cannot exist over NFS. You can only have a swap device file
>> > which points to a local block device. But there is a thing called "network
>> > block device" which can to such a thing.
>>
>> uhm, probably you should read :
>>
>> http://kerneltrap.org/Linux/Swap_Over_NFS
>
> Are you sure this was merged? The thread does not say so and I have not found
> it in the kernelnewbies changelogs.

I believe it hasn't been merged yet into mainline..

> They were not talking about swap (block) devices over NFS. They were talking
> about swap files over NFS. My text was probably a bit misleading...
 I see...sorry to confuse you too.

regards,

Mulyadi.

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