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On Thursday 01 July 2010 18:06:54 Nils Larsson wrote: |
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> tor 2010-07-01 klockan 08:49 -0700 skrev Bill Longman: |
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> > On 07/01/2010 08:44 AM, SpaceCake wrote: |
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> > > So, it solves the first problem, identifiying the device, but how can I |
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> > > tell to udev to use always /dev/sds (for example) for this device? |
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> You need to have the udev rule or the script that it runs look at |
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> something specific(the swaplabel for instance). |
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> > > I'm thinking how can I instruct udev to turn off swap when the device |
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> > > is removed, but this is another story :) |
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> I tried doing exactly what you're doing now awhile ago and this is where |
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> I got stuck, swapoff needs the deivce node(path) to still exist, it |
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> can't disable swap without it. I could never get swapoff to run before |
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> udev removed the device node, so I ended up with the system thinking(or |
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> at least reporting) that it had loads more swap than it actually did. |
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It is blindingly obvious what mistake you are both making. |
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You want to remove the device then disable swap. |
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That will never work in a zillion years for all the good reasons mentioned |
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elsewhere in this thread. |
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You MUST disable swap THEN remove the device. This sequence is inviolate. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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