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diff --git a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/mkswap.8 b/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/mkswap.8 deleted file mode 100644 index 816fe6d9..00000000 --- a/upstream/opensuse-leap-15-6/man8/mkswap.8 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,151 +0,0 @@ -'\" t -.\" Title: mkswap -.\" Author: [see the "AUTHOR(S)" section] -.\" Generator: Asciidoctor 2.0.15 -.\" Date: 2022-02-14 -.\" Manual: System Administration -.\" Source: util-linux 2.37.4 -.\" Language: English -.\" -.TH "MKSWAP" "8" "2022-02-14" "util\-linux 2.37.4" "System Administration" -.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq -.el .ds Aq ' -.ss \n[.ss] 0 -.nh -.ad l -.de URL -\fI\\$2\fP <\\$1>\\$3 -.. -.als MTO URL -.if \n[.g] \{\ -. mso www.tmac -. am URL -. ad l -. . -. am MTO -. ad l -. . -. LINKSTYLE blue R < > -.\} -.SH "NAME" -mkswap \- set up a Linux swap area -.SH "SYNOPSIS" -.sp -\fBmkswap\fP [options] \fIdevice\fP [\fIsize\fP] -.SH "DESCRIPTION" -.sp -\fBmkswap\fP sets up a Linux swap area on a device or in a file. -.sp -The \fIdevice\fP argument will usually be a disk partition (something like \fI/dev/sdb7\fP) but can also be a file. The Linux kernel does not look at partition IDs, but many installation scripts will assume that partitions of hex type 82 (LINUX_SWAP) are meant to be swap partitions. (\fBWarning: Solaris also uses this type. Be careful not to kill your Solaris partitions.\fP) -.sp -The \fIsize\fP parameter is superfluous but retained for backwards compatibility. (It specifies the desired size of the swap area in 1024\-byte blocks. \fBmkswap\fP will use the entire partition or file if it is omitted. Specifying it is unwise \- a typo may destroy your disk.) -.sp -After creating the swap area, you need the \fBswapon\fP command to start using it. Usually swap areas are listed in \fI/etc/fstab\fP so that they can be taken into use at boot time by a \fBswapon \-a\fP command in some boot script. -.SH "WARNING" -.sp -The swap header does not touch the first block. A boot loader or disk label can be there, but it is not a recommended setup. The recommended setup is to use a separate partition for a Linux swap area. -.sp -\fBmkswap\fP, like many others mkfs\-like utils, \fBerases the first partition block to make any previous filesystem invisible.\fP -.sp -However, \fBmkswap\fP refuses to erase the first block on a device with a disk label (SUN, BSD, ...). -.SH "OPTIONS" -.sp -\fB\-c\fP, \fB\-\-check\fP -.RS 4 -Check the device (if it is a block device) for bad blocks before creating the swap area. If any bad blocks are found, the count is printed. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-f\fP, \fB\-\-force\fP -.RS 4 -Go ahead even if the command is stupid. This allows the creation of a swap area larger than the file or partition it resides on. -.sp -Also, without this option, \fBmkswap\fP will refuse to erase the first block on a device with a partition table. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-L\fP, \fB\-\-label\fP \fIlabel\fP -.RS 4 -Specify a \fIlabel\fP for the device, to allow \fBswapon\fP by label. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-\-lock\fP[=\fImode\fP] -.RS 4 -Use exclusive BSD lock for device or file it operates. The optional argument \fImode\fP can be \fByes\fP, \fBno\fP (or 1 and 0) or \fBnonblock\fP. If the \fImode\fP argument is omitted, it defaults to \fB"yes"\fP. This option overwrites environment variable \fB$LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE\fP. The default is not to use any lock at all, but it\(cqs recommended to avoid collisions with udevd or other tools. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-p\fP, \fB\-\-pagesize\fP \fIsize\fP -.RS 4 -Specify the page \fIsize\fP (in bytes) to use. This option is usually unnecessary; \fBmkswap\fP reads the size from the kernel. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-U\fP, \fB\-\-uuid\fP \fIUUID\fP -.RS 4 -Specify the \fIUUID\fP to use. The default is to generate a UUID. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-v\fP, \fB\-\-swapversion 1\fP -.RS 4 -Specify the swap\-space version. (This option is currently pointless, as the old \fB\-v 0\fP option has become obsolete and now only \fB\-v 1\fP is supported. The kernel has not supported v0 swap\-space format since 2.5.22 (June 2002). The new version v1 is supported since 2.1.117 (August 1998).) -.RE -.sp -\fB\-\-verbose\fP -.RS 4 -Verbose execution. With this option \fBmkswap\fP will output more details about detected problems during swap area set up. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP -.RS 4 -Display help text and exit. -.RE -.sp -\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP -.RS 4 -Display version information and exit. -.RE -.SH "ENVIRONMENT" -.sp -LIBBLKID_DEBUG=all -.RS 4 -enables libblkid debug output. -.RE -.sp -LOCK_BLOCK_DEVICE=<mode> -.RS 4 -use exclusive BSD lock. The mode is "1" or "0". See \fB\-\-lock\fP for more details. -.RE -.SH "NOTES" -.sp -The maximum useful size of a swap area depends on the architecture and the kernel version. -.sp -The maximum number of the pages that is possible to address by swap area header is 4294967295 (32\-bit unsigned int). The remaining space on the swap device is ignored. -.sp -Presently, Linux allows 32 swap areas. The areas in use can be seen in the file \fI/proc/swaps\fP. -.sp -\fBmkswap\fP refuses areas smaller than 10 pages. -.sp -If you don\(cqt know the page size that your machine uses, you may be able to look it up with \fBcat /proc/cpuinfo\fP (or you may not \- the contents of this file depend on architecture and kernel version). -.sp -To set up a swap file, it is necessary to create that file before initializing it with \fBmkswap\fP, e.g. using a command like -.sp -.if n .RS 4 -.nf -.fam C -# dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1MiB count=$((8*1024)) -.fam -.fi -.if n .RE -.sp -to create 8GiB swapfile. -.sp -Please read notes from \fBswapon\fP(8) about \fBthe swap file use restrictions\fP (holes, preallocation and copy\-on\-write issues). -.SH "SEE ALSO" -.sp -\fBfdisk\fP(8), -\fBswapon\fP(8) -.SH "REPORTING BUGS" -.sp -For bug reports, use the issue tracker at \c -.URL "https://github.com/karelzak/util\-linux/issues" "" "." -.SH "AVAILABILITY" -.sp -The \fBmkswap\fP command is part of the util\-linux package which can be downloaded from \c -.URL "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util\-linux/" "Linux Kernel Archive" "."
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