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Date:      Tue, 30 Dec 2014 16:41:48 +0300
From:      Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com>
To:        Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
Cc:        User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Adding more swap for FreeBSD 10
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On 30 December 2014 at 01:17, Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote:

> On Tue, 30 Dec 2014, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
>
>              wash@mail:~$ gpart show ada0
>>             =>                     0   976773168  ada0  BSD         (466G)
>>                                      0   964689920     1  freebsd-ufs
>>  (460G)
>>                      964689920   12083248        - free -
>>  (5.8G)
>>
>>
>>       Oh, just bare bsdlabels... (untested):
>>
>>         gpart add -t freebsd-swap -a4k ada0
>>
>>       The device for the swap entry in /etc/fstab will be ada0b.
>>
>>
>>
>> "untested" is rather scary:)
>>
>> This server is over 1800km away from me!
>>
>> And there is nobody there to rescue if I blow it away:)
>>
>
> Back up that machine, restore it into a local VM, and test it there
> first.  But still be ready for a quick trip. :)


Hi Warren,

Thank you for that. Worked successfully.


-- 
Best regards,
Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
Nairobi,KE
+254733744121/+254722743223
"I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler."



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