From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 11 21:35:43 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id VAA29897 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:35:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id VAA29889 for ; Mon, 11 Mar 1996 21:35:33 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id QAA26417; Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:12:38 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603120542.QAA26417@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: reconfig info To: ceo@bbbiiizzz.com (R J Huntington) Date: Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:12:37 +1030 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <3144C49C.1F73@bbbiiizzz.com> from "R J Huntington" at Mar 11, 96 02:26:04 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk R J Huntington stands accused of saying: > > We have FreeBSD installed on our server and need to increase swap > space. The question is: Do we have to reinstall the OS from scratch? No. See the 'vnconfig' manpage and the handbook for instructions on creating a swapfile. > Also, why does a df not show the swap partition? Because 'df' shows information about mounted filesystems. The swap partition isn't a filesystem. > Ralph Huntington -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[