Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:34:04 +0200 From: Nadav Eiron <nadav@barcode.co.il> To: Dick Olson <rolson@ns.awanet.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: How to create additional swap partition Message-ID: <32E1F89C.1E75@barcode.co.il> References: <32E0DE3E.2781E494@ns.awanet.com>
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Dick Olson wrote: > > I have upgraded from 8 to 20MB of physical memory. Based on > recommendations (2xRAM) I need to increase swap space. I have limited > (BSD) file space but I do have some additional disk space (wd1) which > was used as a DOS partition that I could use as a second SWAP partition. > I have tried the following but was unable to boot FreeBSD after creating > the partition. > > /stand/sysinstall > customize > create partition > write > crash (lots of error msgs of assorted types) > Deleted partition in DOS > Did MAKEDEV wd1s2x added an tried sysinstall again > HD went into spin frenzy w/ "vnode_pager_input I/O error" etc > unable to boot > deleted created partition in DOS and recovered > Figured I have pushed my luck at this point > Ask for assistance > > I have Disk Manager to allow >528 for wd0 and use a bootmgr to use wd0 > DOS and wd1 FreeBSD. I was able to boot DOS and deleted the created > FreeBSD partition and was able to recover to original state. I have > tried three times with no success. Read all the manuals, usergroups, FAQ > with no success. I am also using the generic kernel (FreeBSD 2.1.5, > XFree86 3.1.2). > If I'm getting it right, you're trying to cerate a new FreeBSD slice on a disk that already has one. In such a case, you can only boot from the *first* BSD slice on the disk. This means that you must move your root partition to the new slice. I may be wrong, but I think the only way out is to reinstall... (anyone care to correct me?) Nadav
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