Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:23:01 +1000 From: Peter Clutton <peterclutton@gmail.com> To: Alistar Erlas <millueradfa@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User configurable swap files Message-ID: <57416b300510181623n344f3a38pf4693398a6db0502@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20051018023528.28453.qmail@web54505.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20051018023528.28453.qmail@web54505.mail.yahoo.com>
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On 10/18/05, Alistar Erlas <millueradfa@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a feature idea that might be interesting and I > think would be very useful. > > I think it would be an excellent feature to be able, > in addition to using a swap partition, also be able to > create files in a filesystem that can be used for > additional VM space, especially which can be created > while the kernel is running and a maximum size that > can also be configured during run time. I have run > into the problem of where the system has run out of VM > space on the system, but I would rather not have to > repartition. Users could for instance define swap > files on filesystems on flash memory sticks that you > plugin to USB ports. Instant memory upgrade. Or they > could set them up on remote filesystems. many > possibilities. Thank you, for your attention it is I believe this is already in place. Is this maybe what you are looking for?= : http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/adding-swap-space= .html http://www.freebsddiary.org/swap.php
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