From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Oct 19 14:34:09 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4583E3D23D for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: from mail-qt0-x235.google.com (mail-qt0-x235.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400d:c0d::235]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8990F6C334 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:34:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kudzu@tenebras.com) Received: by mail-qt0-x235.google.com with SMTP id 31so14653016qtz.9 for ; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:34:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=tenebras-com.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to; bh=td+bYGTCp4sXDmA1WbUQUMO6KiOvEonsX5DvWthHZ7A=; b=DxJMR0xZPr7YPWJT3Kf5KDqf19PmTp/wDdBThfbli8ReEQt3KM+Nfh+9Yqzcpvgbmm LtJ8L/lveHG3xvCCVI0NUuGgh/BA4+Gyo1b6FaiBO/1MSR8jd9ztMap54ykGaNJuGUY0 gaRBGUL/2CRoHH6055ICyLIGVqDKDCXueCBlIfvJA7/cXMlgyHzKvLlnHJ3aY+ULuaZM s1PGO53dNY9fL1zWGTRsm4zcukhysmjnqA13ulehsYH+Hm6LD1FKmqTxmT9mV0ySkL2V 2e4fZ+0TumQmN7vthyOMsx1kFpFNXi2nv/IubUEP1bMYQYKNH0S/GTMbff85CiRUVepO YNwg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=td+bYGTCp4sXDmA1WbUQUMO6KiOvEonsX5DvWthHZ7A=; b=qfEjG9XH5LW0Rb4wzJ+GEub3yGCe9PaJTmMcay/MAHcTfvw2vv5WdivUUSC5OFfDqz dthqenp7KlLACj/azdStIPifGXS5BjNOu+Oi6Gi4xMUHDNn/VgLmHNX+DotBm7ZuHjZj wFu9r00cGZZQuk+eHo5DNGSxfAAJcVNdDAtAgoH7IoXr2Jm5bzcN3iX0n+YY3fQ7+fjH 5/RjIR9IBxZNauXqbYU1dtr5sKq5CPmW6+8SGzU2KeBeHW1q0Icnm0t7aLDgCEC1AEUP YmSMivfclWGXfG8bAklULxsUy08Ubf/XtpyUHtEkv0oktOdSg81/sfZ1EKP1GzFVj8eC VUrQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AMCzsaX86OjVQRFh0CQLCrLP1rIP7mCu9fQnderRPRMYU3++U7Y1e86o ISKA36S9KuWn3XKsKDMzxwVcwN4fWlpM8yIQG8mOH0K1E3Y= X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABhQp+Tybx7E1b+AZfL8ZZtGtVK3/ZwwVQX+8Cj8ZCHXM5kaZT5Z03dSbiFBxADhE8QWwgNMKZKbQmy/GvkDnamAnfk= X-Received: by 10.237.63.129 with SMTP id s1mr2436130qth.89.1508423648270; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:34:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.237.46.229 with HTTP; Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:34:07 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20171019141310.GA12189@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> References: <20171019141310.GA12189@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> From: Michael Sierchio Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 07:34:07 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Managing Swap Space To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.23 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:34:09 -0000 On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:13 AM, The Doctor wrote: > REcently I have been getting swap space full messages. > > How can Swap space be managaed on FreeBSD? ... > You can add it at any time. It's better if you have a raw partition to swap on, of course. presumably, your /etc/fstab has an entry akin to this /dev/ada0p3 none swap sw 0 0 You can add another if you have another partition ready. You can swap to a file, too. Not recommended, but helpful in an emergency. You might try to figure out what is consuming your existing swap. > man 8 swapon --=20 "Well," Brahma said, "even after ten thousand explanations, a fool is no wiser, but an intelligent person requires only two thousand five hundred." - The Mah=C4=81bh=C4=81rata