>From 792f09fc0f41fb1e5422f8708b151ee81a2ddc07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: IkiWiki Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 18:27:30 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] I merged some tiny details from the old faq to the new faq. I also removed any questions and answers from the old faq that the new faq already answers. --- faq/old_faq.txt | 32 -------------------------------- faq/share_swap.mdwn | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-) create mode 100644 faq/share_swap.mdwn diff --git a/faq/old_faq.txt b/faq/old_faq.txt index 5df82276..3b1fee03 100644 --- a/faq/old_faq.txt +++ b/faq/old_faq.txt @@ -90,12 +90,6 @@ completion, there is not a lot of guess work. {ST} The usual rule of thumb applies: the same amount as RAM, for instance. -?? Can I share swap space between GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd? - -{NHW} Yes. The default pager recognises and respects Linux swap -partitions. It will also swap to a raw partition, i.e. anything that it -does not recognize as Linux swap. Therefore: BE CAREFUL. - ?? Why do I get ``Operation not permitted error''? {MB} You forgot to set the file system owner of the GNU/Hurd partition to @@ -185,14 +179,6 @@ You can find them, among others, at: http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/docs.html -?? What is a translator? - -{MB} There is a text about translators available at: - - http://www.debian.org/ports/hurd/hurd-doc-translator - -Read this and ask further questions on the mailing lists. - ?? What is the login shell? {MB} The Hurd has the concept of a not-logged in user. This user has @@ -234,13 +220,6 @@ terminal to `mach-gnu-color'. For instance: If something went wrong, or if you just wish to exit the Hurd console then hitting C-A- will exit it. -?? What is the status of X? - -{MB} It works! The packages are available at any Debian ftp mirror. -Xorg is available, as are some of the v3 servers. Instructions -on how to use the packages are in the mailing list archive (link follow -later). - ?? What are these strange pids `0`, `2', `3', `4`, and `5`? {MB,ST} Zero is the kernel, one is the root filesystem server, two is the @@ -315,17 +294,6 @@ happens. Thomas explains: If you can reproduce this error message, please report it. -?? What does ``computer bought the farm'' mean ? - -{FH} This message is the text that corresponds to the errno code -`EIEIO'. Roland McGrath explains: - - That message is not output by any particular servers at - particular times; rather it is the perror text for the errno - code EIEIO, which is returned by various RPCs and functions - for a variety of "hopeless" error conditions. - - ?? What does ``/dev/hd0s1: MOUNTED READ-ONLY; MUST USE `fsysopts --writable''' mean? diff --git a/faq/share_swap.mdwn b/faq/share_swap.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..13e2a71f --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/share_swap.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/support]] + +[[!meta title="Can I share swap space between GNU/Linux and GNU/Hurd?"]] + +Yes. The default pager recognises and respects Linux swap partitions. It will +also swap to a raw partition, i.e. anything that it does not recognize as Linux +swap. Therefore: BE CAREFUL, or you may lose your data. -- 2.20.1