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Add a caveats section describing potential problems with autoconfigured 

swap partitons.
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martin 2006-08-27 22:00:33 +00:00
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.\" $NetBSD: swapctl.8,v 1.36 2006/08/27 21:07:39 martin Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: swapctl.8,v 1.37 2006/08/27 22:00:33 martin Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Matthew R. Green
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -337,6 +337,19 @@ operation (query dump device) and
swap partition has been configured.
If any swap partition is available or
a dump device is set, the respective query returns 0.
.Sh CAVEATS
Using the automatic swap partition detection done by the
.Fl A Fl t Ar auto
option may be dangereous.
Depending on the on-disk partitioning scheme used, the type of a partition
may not be accurately recognizable as a swap partition.
The autodetection might recognize and use partitions on
removable media like USB sticks.
An easy way to test the autoconfiguration is to use
.Nm
with the
.Fl n
option.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr swapctl 2 ,
.Xr fstab 5 ,