From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 19 15:00:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id PAA08632 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:00:33 -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 PAA08626 for ; Tue, 19 Mar 1996 15:00:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id JAA02655; Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:44:35 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199603192314.JAA02655@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Diskless FreeBSD To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Date: Wed, 20 Mar 1996 09:44:35 +1030 (CST) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, amigus@cs.mun.ca, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <199603191916.MAA24438@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Mar 19, 96 12:16:39 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 Terry Lambert stands accused of saying: > > > Make sure you preallocate the swapfile. > > > > # dd if=/dev/zero of= bs=1048576 count=20 > > > > gets you a 20M swapfile. > > This should only be necessary for local swap to a file. I'm not talking about _should_, I'm talking about _is_. We run dickless workstations here, and if you don't preallocate the swapfile, they _don't_work_. I don't know _why_, I suspect that the NFS swap code doesn't/won't/can't extend the file, but I haven't been bothered enough by it to try to find out. > Terry Lambert -- ]] 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 [[