From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 15 8: 7: 3 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D768237B401 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:07:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk [81.2.69.218]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E07EB43E4A for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 08:07:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: from happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (localhost.infracaninophile.co.uk [IPv6:::1]) by smtp.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAFG6v60047721 for ; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:06:57 GMT (envelope-from matthew@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk) Received: (from matthew@localhost) by happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophile.co.uk (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAFG6q0h047720 for questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:06:52 GMT Date: Fri, 15 Nov 2002 16:06:52 +0000 From: Matthew Seaman To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Install FreeBSD with no swap partition??? Message-ID: <20021115160652.GB47394@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi> Mail-Followup-To: Matthew Seaman , questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <001f01c28cba$d4831000$0100a8c0@sun> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001f01c28cba$d4831000$0100a8c0@sun> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.2 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,SPAM_PHRASE_05_08, USER_AGENT,USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.43 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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 -- Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks Savill Way Marlow Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message