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Date:      Tue, 03 Feb 1998 15:07:37 +1030
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Chad Ross" <cmr@ibs-us.net>
Cc:        xzp1zxmcdcr.fsf@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Remaking swap partitions (was Re: Weekly hangs )
Message-ID:  <199802030437.PAA01284@word.smith.net.au>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 02 Feb 1998 14:13:44 -0800." <004801bd3027$d71cf960$0a0383d0@tech.ibs-us.net> 

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> I'm currently new to FreeBSD, "YES another diehard linux guy converted!",
> as a OS but on the linux operating system I came into a few times were
> I had a corrupted swap partition. I would simply turn swapping off, remake
> the swap, and turn it back on.... But I have no idea on how to do that for
> FreeBSD at this time... :)

That's because FreeBSD doesn't require any "formatting" of the swap 
partition.  It simply exists.

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\\  sometimes you're behind.      \\  mike@smith.net.au
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