[Bio-linux-dev] zram swap

[Daniel Pass]

I have a:

Filename
/dev/ramzswap0

(I dont know if this is because I'm on a VM)

Dan


On 10 January 2013 12:20, Bharat Patel <b.patel at griffith.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi Time,
>
> I see the following when running swapon -s. I had upgraded from BL6 to BL7
> using the script.
>
> Filename                Type        Size        Used    Priority
> /dev/zram0          partition    8179124    0        100
> /dev/sda2             partition    9871356    0         -1
>
> Regards
>
> Bharat
>
>
>
> On 10/01/13 22:11, Tim Booth wrote:
>
>> Hi Tony,
>>
>> OK, so this was fundamentally an issue with the Bio-Linux 6 installer
>> that is impacting BL7 as it persists through the upgrade?
>>
>>  The issue about /dev/zram0 will affect anyone else who upgraded from
>>> Bio-Linux 6 like I did.
>>>
>> But it's not affecting any of the test machines here, and the upgrade
>> script already removes casper (see line 26) and then the initramfs is
>> going to be rebuilt every time a new kernel is installed or plymouth is
>> updated - both of which happen during the upgrade.  So I don't think the
>> cause here is as straightforward as you think.  Ubiquity should indeed
>> be removed after installation but it shouldn't do anything on the system
>> unless it's run so is not a major concern.
>>
>> Do other people on this list find they have compressed swap still
>> enabled on their machine?  To check, simply run 'swapon -s' and look for
>> '/dev/zram0' in the output.  (If you see '/dev/mapper/cryptswap1' this
>> is normal for any machine with encrypted accounts on it.)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> TIM
>>
>>
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