Date: Fri, 17 Dec 1999 18:02:22 +0100 (CET) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> To: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: swap space.. Message-ID: <199912171702.SAA03117@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de>
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(Actually this belongs to -questions.)
Mikel wrote in list.freebsd-hardware:
> I just bumped up one of my srvrs in ram, and of course the swap space
> is not larger than the new ram config...anyway, I am considering adding
> another 18g of disk space...if I partition some swap on that drive
> would I need to do anything to fBSD; or will automatically note the
> change and take advantage of the new config?
Just add the new swap partition to your /etc/fstab,
reboot, and everything works as expected. Use the
"swapon" command to add the new swap space immediately
(if you don't want to reboot). Use the "swapinfo"
command to verify that all of your swap partitions
are really in use.
Regards
Oliver
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