Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:25:23 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compiling Swap space Message-ID: <20180227212523.39096282711b549631aa8924@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.OSX.2.21.1802271414110.45674@ary.qy> References: <alpine.OSX.2.21.1802271414110.45674@ary.qy>
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On 27 Feb 2018 14:16:08 -0500 "John R. Levine" <johnl@iecc.com> wrote: > > You don't need mdconfig, just make a large file and use swapon like > > this: > > > ># dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1m count=1024 > ># swapon swapfile > > Nope. Try it. You need a block device. > > # dd if=/dev/zero of=/var/swap bs=1m count=100 > 100+0 records in > 100+0 records out > # swapon /var/swap > swapon: /var/swap: Block device required See other post, it works if the file is on an NFS mount, it used to work anywhere. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org>
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