Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 01:03:23 +0100 From: RW <rwmaillists@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using mdconfig for swap space Message-ID: <20090909010323.29631089@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3037EBB7@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com> References: <7B9397B189EB6E46A5EE7B4C8A4BB7CB3037EBB7@MBX03.exg5.exghost.com>
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On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:51:20 -0500 Peter Steele <psteele@maxiscale.com> wrote: > Are there any advantages to using mdconfig and creating a virtual > disk for swap space as opposed to having a designated swap partition? > For example, I could do something like this: > > mdconfig -a -t swap -f /var/swap0 -s 4g > swapon -a /dev/md0 FWIW that's already supported by adding swapfile="/var/swap0" to rc.conf Your arguments are wrong BTW "-t swap" creates a device *backed* by swap. And the size comes from the size of the supplied file - which you typically create with dd.
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