Update: not only doable, but done. This would be a way:
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/512MiB.swap bs=1024 count=524288 sudo chmod 600 /mnt/512MiB.swap sudo mkswap /mnt/512MiB.swap sudo swapon /mnt/512Mib.swap I didn't know that one could mount and unmount swap so easily with the system already running. I understand now why this is low priority, since it can be done outside live-build. I know I didn't exactly discovered America here, but anyways, I hope it's useful for those like me who had no clue. 2013/12/11 Marcos Núñez <[email protected]> > Would this imply changes to the scripts or something more complex? To be > short: is it already possible to create a swapfile on an NTFS partition? As > far as I understand, it is not... and if so, I believe this would be beyond > live-debian > > > 2013/12/11 Daniel Baumann <[email protected]> > >> On 12/11/2013 08:21 PM, Marcos Núñez wrote: >> > Is there any way to create a swapfile in an NTFS partition (to be chosen >> > at boot time) and to be deleted during shutdown? >> >> there's initial code in live-boot lingering around for a couple of >> years. patches welcome to finish it up. >> >> -- >> Address: Daniel Baumann, Donnerbuehlweg 3, CH-3012 Bern >> Email: [email protected] >> Internet: http://people.progress-technologies.net/~daniel.baumann/ >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [email protected] >> Archive: >> http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] >> >> >
