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Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:30:49 -0400
From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu>
To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Swap Files
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On the subject of Re: Swap Files, Doug White stated:

> Are you trying to make a vnswap space?  Didn't you allocate a partition for
> swap?  You should have during initial system setup.

A) Yes, B) No.  Does FreeBSD require a swap partition to operate?

> See vnconfig(8) for details on how to set this up.  Your performance is
> going to be horrible though; I would suggest repartitioning if this is a new
> system.

Why should it be any worse than a swap partition?

-Crh

       Charles Henrich     Michigan State University     henrich@msu.edu

                         http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich