Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 10:25:34 +0100 (MET) From: "Werner Griessl" <croot@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> To: tbrown@icon-stl.net Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Adding swap space Message-ID: <199512220925.KAA19751@btp1da.phy.uni-bayreuth.de> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.951221214706.537A-100000@edison.icon-stl.net> from "Timothy Brown" at Dec 21, 95 09:47:36 pm
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> > Can't find out how to add more swap space. It doesn't seem to be in the > handbook or the FAQ; how do I do it? I don't have any more room for any > more partitions but I have a big enough /usr.... > Here is an example for 64Mb vn-swap (/usr/swap0) 1) create a vn-device cd /dev; sh ./MAKEDEV vn0 2) create a swapfile ( /usr/swap0 ) dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap0 bs=1024k count=64 3) put into /etc/rc.local the line vnconfig -ce /dev/vn0c /usr/swap0 swap 4) reboot the machine You must also have a kernel with the line pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device) in your config-file. Hope this helps Werner
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