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Date:      Sat, 26 Jan 2002 13:53:54 -0600
From:      "Mike Meyer" <mwm-dated-1012506834.c8c90d@mired.org>
To:        "alexus" <ml@db.nexgen.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: out of swap space
Message-ID:  <15443.2386.304645.778882@guru.mired.org>
In-Reply-To: <8372594@toto.iv>

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alexus <ml@db.nexgen.com> types:
> hi
> 
> is there a way to increase size of swap space?
> 
> i have 512mb of ram and 512mb of swap space
> 
> i had 256mb of ram before so i created 512mb of swap space
> now i put another 256mb in and i'm still running out of space

You should have been running out of swap before adding the ram.

> so i was asking if there is a way to increase size of swap space?
> 
> this is live server and i can't afford for it to be down, so place no
> suggestions like partion magic.. this is so windowish:)
> unless thats the only one solution then i might consider..
> 
> and yes i'm going to put more physical memory, but i still would like to
> know if there is a way to increase swap size
> 
> thank you in advance

See the vnconfig man page for details on doing this. Since vn is
available as a loadable module, you should be able to do this without
even needing to reboot (though securelevel may prevent that).

	<mike
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