[OT] swapfile on other partition
[OT] swapfile on other partition
- Subject: [OT] swapfile on other partition
- From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 22:34:40 +0200
I have two partitions on my disk: p_jag (which contains 10.2.1) and
p_old (with 10.1).
p_jag is kind of small (3GB, 350MB free). So, when the swapfile gets
bigger, I have a problem.
So I created a new vm on p_old and created a symbolic link from p_jag
to this.
/private/var/vm/app_profile obviously gets recognized, and the files
get touched.
But the real swapfiles do never alter their date, and if the system
starts swapping I can hear the disk working, but that is the end.
Pressing the power button for 5 seconds is then the only solution.
/etc/rc has the lines:
swapdir=/private/var/vm
...
# Make sure the swapfile exists
if [ ! -d ${swapdir} ]; then
ConsoleMessage "Creating default swap directory"
mount -uw /
mkdir -p -m 755 ${swapdir}
chown root:wheel ${swapdir}
else
rm -rf ${swapdir}/swap*
fi
but the swapfiles do not get deleted.
If at the time /etc/rc is running the /Volumes thing has not been set
up, then my link
/private/var/vm -> /Volumes/p_old/vm cannot work.
It would then try the mkdir, which will fail, because ${swapdir} exists
as a still invalid symbolic link.
What can I do?
I apologize for this off-topic question, but I am a bit desperate and
maybe there is a skilled system administrator among the Cocoa
programmes.
Gerriet.
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