Date: Thu, 23 Dec 1999 12:03:39 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Alejandro Ramirez <ales@megared.net.mx> Cc: Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Eliminating swap space Message-ID: <19991223120339.D1316@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <017901bf4ce5$049a3520$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx> References: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9912221419020.10707-100000@federation.addy.com> <017901bf4ce5$049a3520$d2630a0a@megared.net.mx>
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On Wednesday, 22 December 1999 at 19:28:29 -0600, Alejandro Ramirez wrote: > On Wednesday, December 22, 1999 1:21 PM, Cliff Addy <fbsdlist@federation.addy.com> wrote: >> I have a machine that I think may have a defective swap partition. Can I >> run with no swap space at all if I comment out the >> >> /dev/da0s1b none swap sw 0 0 >> >> line in /etc/fstab? Would I have to make any other changes? > > You can eliminate the swap partition as you said, but you may want to > have another swap in the system, try using a file as swap with the "vn" > built in the kernel. In general, swapping to the vn device is not a good idea, since performance is much worse, and there's a chance of deadlocks. In this case, however, it's not a bad idea. It beats the hell out of no swap space at all. Greg -- Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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