Re: [uml-devel] diffrence between swap partition and swap file?

[Jeff D. <jd...@ad...>]

On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 10:07:18AM -0400, battipatisainagendra Bhavaniprasad wrote:
> 1.What is the diffrence between swap partition and swap file?

Swapping on a disk partition vs swapping into a file.

> 2.If i create swap file, will it reside in host kernel?

Of course - everything on the system resides in the host kernel.

> 3.Is it possible to create swap partition(disk partition) for UML?

Sure.

> 4.I am trying to mount a file from host kernel to guest kernel.....can any
> one give me a way to do that?

host% uml_mconsole <umid> config ubdb /path/to/host/file

UML# mount /dev/ubdb /mnt

> 5.What is the diffrence between skas0 and skas3?

skas3 requires a patch to the host kernel, skas0 does not, and will
run on a stock host.

OTOH, some operations are faster on a skas3 host.

				Jeff

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