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To: "Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru>,
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Subject: Re: Eliminating swap space
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From: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com>
Date: 23 Dec 1999 09:28:44 -0500
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"Alexey N. Dokuchaev" <danfe@inet.ssc.nsu.ru> writes:

> Greetings,
> 
> >     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.
> 
> If it's no bother, could you explaing what you mean by saying "vn" option
> in kernel and file as swap.

This is explained quite well in the FAQ question titled
"How can I add more swap space?"
http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/admin.html#AEN1731


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