Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2017 08:42:56 -0600 From: The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> To: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Managing Swap Space Message-ID: <20171019144256.GA15251@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> In-Reply-To: <CAHu1Y72=-Z9RfSGgK0N-qHvvx23-cugeAMK762THP7-owd6rLw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20171019141310.GA12189@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> <CAHu1Y72=-Z9RfSGgK0N-qHvvx23-cugeAMK762THP7-owd6rLw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 07:34:07AM -0700, Michael Sierchio wrote: > On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 7:13 AM, The Doctor <doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca> > 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 > Could help. Ideally i want to get rid of swap_pager-getswapspace messages from /var/log/messages . Also , /etc/fstab read # Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump Pass# /dev/mfid0p2 / ufs rw 1 1 /dev/mfid0p3 none swap sw 0 0 proc /proc procfs rw 0 0 fdesc /dev/fd fdescfs rw 0 0 > > -- > "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??bh??rata > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Member - Liberal International This is doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Ici doctor@@nl2k.ab.ca Yahweh, Queen & country!Never Satan President Republic!Beware AntiChrist rising! https://www.empire.kred/ROOTNK?t=94a1f39b Look at Psalms 14 and 53 on Atheism Talk Sense to a fool and he calls you foolish - Euripides
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