Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:06:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD with no swap partition??? Message-ID: <20021115160652.GB47394@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> In-Reply-To: <001f01c28cba$d4831000$0100a8c0@sun> References: <001f01c28cba$d4831000$0100a8c0@sun>
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On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 07:21:37AM -0800, Krissada Jindanupajit (FreeBSD-question) wrote:
> Can I install FreeBSD without swap space or I can add "swapfile" later?
>
> The goal is to make installation process easy.
It's possible to install without a dedicated swap partition so long as
you have sufficient RAM. Probably not advisory to do so unless you
have a specific reason.
One installed you can easily add a file-backed swap area using
vnconfig(8), and there's provision for adding a swap file like that in
the startup scripts, so you can make it persist over reboots.
However, I fail to see exactly how this makes installations any
easier. You do know that you can automate sysinstall(8) actions by
loading a config file, and that includes provision for creating
whatever partitioning scheme you want. Do it right, and you can set
up an auto-install CDRom that you just put into the drive and hit
reboot. Come back a bit later, and there is your machine all ready to
go.
Cheers,
Matthew
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