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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: James Bromberger [<A HREF="mailto:james@rcpt.to">mailto:james@rcpt.to</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 09 April 2003 00:07</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: gllug@linux.co.uk</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [Gllug] SWAP over NFS</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Adrian McMenamin (Adrian@mcmen.demon.co.uk) wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Anybody know of a good guide to making this work under 2.4 (2.4.20</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> actually) kernels?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Err... that would be NFS, the so-so stable network file system, and</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Swap, the virtual memory paged out to disk. Humph. Thinking for a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>second... well, network goes down, not only does the NFS mount become</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>unavailable, but suddenly half of the system 'memory' has suddenly</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>disappeared, and *bang* over you fall and down you go. Having the system</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>memory disappear is more like chopping off half your head than shooting</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>yourself in the foot.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Given I am doing all this on a Sega Dreamcast then you can be assured that the power station core won't melt down if this happens. The root filesystem is on nfs and so end of network connection really means end of session full stop.</FONT></P>
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