Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:25:24 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@HiWAAY.net> To: Alistar Erlas <millueradfa@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: User configurable swap files Message-ID: <B5FE1320-5B2E-4293-8B70-E75C6D7E52AE@HiWAAY.net> In-Reply-To: <20051018023528.28453.qmail@web54505.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20051018023528.28453.qmail@web54505.mail.yahoo.com>
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On Oct 17, 2005, at 9:35 PM, Alistar Erlas wrote: > Hello, > > I have a feature idea that might be interesting and I > think would be very useful. > > I think it would be an excellent feature to be able, > in addition to using a swap partition, also be able to > create files in a filesystem that can be used for > additional VM space, especially which can be created > while the kernel is running and a maximum size that > can also be configured during run time. Already exists. Look for the "swapfile" parameter in /etc/defaults/ rc.conf. Its run from /etc/rc.d/addswap. There is no reason you can't do the two step procedure manually from the keyboard. See also swapon(8), and mdconfig(8). -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad.
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