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Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: [OT virtual stuff] gentoo vm appliance |
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From: Harry Putnam <reader@×××××××.com> |
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Date: 2011-07-02 07:22 |
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>Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org> writes: |
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>> Well, thanks for pointing out the error in my appliance creation script |
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>> that mistakenly sets up the serial console on non-headless VMs. I've |
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>> fixed the bug and created and uploaded a new image. |
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>My tiny input isn't much... the big thanks goes to you and to James |
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>for the walkthru to use Vbox on your appliances. |
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>At the risk of exposing further ignorance on my part, I'm curious what |
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>it means in fstab where you have: |
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> /.swap none swap sw 0 0 |
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>At the swap line. |
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That means the system is using a swapfile -- whose name is '.swap' and located in the root directory '/' -- rather than a swap partition. |
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>That's another thing I haven't seen before.I mean the /DOTswap |
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>`/.swap', does it just mean there is no swap? |
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Nope. You can call the file 'my_awesome_file_for_swapping' and put it in /var/cache, resulting in '/var/cache/my_awesome_file_for_swapping' instead of '/.swap'. |
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The dot, as usual, is to un-clutter the output of 'ls /' (unless you use the -a switch, of course) |
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Note: If you want to use your own file, don't forget to 'mkswap /path/to/file' *before* replacing the entry in fstab |
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>I've noticed similar behavior on google if you try something |
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>like "--color=auto" as a search term.. google appears to throw |
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>out the `--' (dashdash) and the `=' equal sign. |
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Somewhere in the jungle of documents in Google's help system, Google explained that they index *only* based on letters, and strip out symbols. Except for symbols that became part of a trademark, e.g., 'C#'. |
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Rgds, |
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