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Date:      Fri, 14 Jul 1995 18:00:02 +0930 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        rsnow@legend.txdirect.net (Rob Snow)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Increase swap?
Message-ID:  <199507140830.SAA15737@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950714025053.1292A-100000@oasis> from "Rob Snow" at Jul 14, 95 02:56:47 am

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Rob Snow stands accused of saying:
> I've looked through the archives of mail and news, FAQ's and can't 
> find anything that ANSWERS the question: (Losts of questions)
> 
> 	can I increase swap via swapfiles?

Yup.  You want to search for 'vnconfig'.

> 	ie. swapon /dev/wd0s4e/tmp/swapfile.swap

Something along the lines of :

dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/swapfile
vnconfig -c /dev/vn0 /tmp/swapfile (check my syntax here)
swapon /dev/vn0

> Rob Snow

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