From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 15 1:52:46 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from axl.noc.iafrica.com (axl.noc.iafrica.com [196.31.1.175]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1DFAC14DBF for ; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 01:52:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sheldonh@axl.noc.iafrica.com) Received: from sheldonh (helo=axl.noc.iafrica.com) by axl.noc.iafrica.com with local-esmtp (Exim 3.02 #1) id 11RAnk-000BIf-00; Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:52:28 +0200 From: Sheldon Hearn To: Billy Bath x102 Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: multiple swap partitions.. In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Sep 1999 08:59:57 MST." <3.0.5.32.19990914085957.00803490@gw1.tesys.com> Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1999 10:52:28 +0200 Message-ID: <43440.937385548@axl.noc.iafrica.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 08:59:57 MST, Billy Bath x102 wrote: > i need to have two swap partions each of 512mbs ?? > is there any info available as how to make the second one, any hint or > input ?? i thought i ask before getting started.. The following appears in the rc.conf(5) manpage: swapfile (str) If set to NO then no swapfile is installed, otherwise the value is used as the full pathname to a file to use for additional swap space. However, you probably want a bit more help than that. :-) Check out the FAQ at http://www.freebsd.org/FAQ/admin.html, specifically "How can I add more swap space?" Ciao, Sheldon. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message