In the previous mail I forgot to actualy mount the partition to /mnt. So before all that,
sudo mount /dev/sdxx /mnt where xx is the host partition for your future swap file (like /dev/sdb2). It looks like NTFS works just fine. 2013/12/11 Marcos Núñez <[email protected]> > 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] >>> >>> >> >
