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In the past I only heard that /proc and /sys are "RAM directories", now
I get /dev as well. thank you.<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Tang Jianwei
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On 07/06/2010 10:14 PM, John Kennedy wrote:
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 10:01 AM, <span
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<div class="im">Jerry McAllister wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 06:41:06PM +0800, Tang Jianwei wrote:<br>
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>> I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my
desktop.<br>
>> the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get
this:<br>
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>> # swapon /dev/myswap<br>
>> swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument<br>
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>> but when I mv the file to some other directory like /mnt or /,
the<br>
>> swapon works.<br>
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>> could sb. tell me why?<br>
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Well, /dev is *not* a good place for anything but device files.<br>
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> /dev is not a real directory for data files.<br>
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Um, er, what do you mean about it not being a "real" directory?<br>
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mark<br>
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<div>I would say he means "real" as exists on a hard drive like /home
of /var as opposed to "virtual" as exists in RAM like /proc.</div>
<div>John</div>
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