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From: bs@Germany.EU.net (Bernard Steiner)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: Swap space
Date: 22 Sep 1993 13:44:23 +0200
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In article <1993Sep21.145904.11519@pat.uwe.ac.uk>, pa_dewsb@pat.uwe.ac.uk (PA Dewsbury) writes:
|>   swapon: /dev/wd1b device not configured
|> and it appears - no swap space ...

You need to configure your kernel to have a second swap partition.
In your kernel config file ther's a line that reads something like
... root on wd0 swap on wd0
and you should change that to
... root on wd0 swap on wd0 and wd1

Alas, you'll have to re-compile your kernel as well.

Cheers,
	Bernard