Re: How to setup SWAP partition for diskless client

[Michael Lipka <lipka@entitec.de>]

Mohd-Hanafiah Abdullah schrieb:
> 
> >> How do I set up the SWAP partition for a Linux diskless client using a Linux
> >> server's diskspace?  Thanks.
...
> >Again, you need the NFS swap kernel patch to do so.

ftp://ftp.huwig.de/pub/linux/mama/2.0/nfs-swap.gz

You may also want the "agressive swap..." patch (same place). Both in
conjunction with some fine-tuning in /proc/vm/freepages make my 386/25
with 8MB but without a HD quite usable as X-termial. I can even start
one or two applications on it (xpat2 for instance) :-)

Michael Lipka