Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:06:48 +1100 From: Harry Woodward-Clarke <Harry.Woodward-Clarke@S1.com> To: Kuzak <kuzak@kuzak.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting swap Message-ID: <38B5AB78.A3A4A286@S1.com> References: <200002242157.e1OLvJv79427@alpha.dgweb.com>
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G'day Aric, > > I have a system with 2 hard drives, both with seperate freebsd instalations > on them. since they both have different installations, they each have swap > partition. > > On the main hard drive my swap is beginning to fill and I am looking for > the proper command to mount the swap from the second harddrive. > > Can someone please let me know the proper format.. I have tried > the following, but it seems to be invalid. > > mount -t swap /dev/wd0s1b > Typically (reading "man mount" on my 2.2.8R system), using mount with the -t option for an 'external' type of file system, invokes /sbin/mount_xxxx where 'xxxx' is the 'external filesystem type'. In my system (as I said, 2.2.8R), I don't see mount_swap, or anything that might be 'close'. However, having a read of "man swapon" might prove beneficial. hth, haxxa To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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