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Date:      Tue, 29 Oct 2002 14:45:26 +0000
From:      Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
To:        FreeBSD-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Checking RAM and swap use
Message-ID:  <20021029144526.GH4480@happy-idiot-talk.infracaninophi>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.21.0210290844300.2218-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>
References:  <20021029133813.GH26305@ipv6-5.int-evry.fr> <Pine.LNX.4.21.0210290844300.2218-100000@otter.mills-atl.com>

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On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:47:08AM -0500, John Mills wrote:
 
> Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my
> installation and start again?

No.  You can add extra file backed swap devices on the fly --- doesn't
even need a reboot.  See vnconfig(8) for details.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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