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Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uchinews!machine!chinet!randy From: randy@chinet.chi.il.us (Randy Suess) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Subject: Re: stock 0.1 swap not enough. Keywords: swap Message-ID: <BsIGDv.yo@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 5 Aug 92 12:37:07 GMT References: <BsDzMo.1ru@chinet.chi.il.us> <BsFMoo.EvF@obiwan.uucp> <1992Aug4.162010.16364@mks.com> Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX Lines: 21 In article <1992Aug4.162010.16364@mks.com> fredw@mks.com (Fred Walter) writes: >No, you'll have to re-install. What I plan on doing (once my system is >more stable) is backing up my system with cpio, then using the Fixit disk >(and an editted /etc/disktab on the Fixit disk that has a correct swap size >entry) to re-disklabel my primary hard disk, re-format my partitions and then >restore from tape. > I would suggest using tar, as cpio seem quite flakey in reading the tape back in. Also, make sure you use wt0, not rwt0. Also, disklabel -e is a neat way to modify the disk. No need to edit /etc/disktab. I now have 16 meg swap on the first SCSI drive and 8 megs on the second. THis with a 8 meg memory machine. -- I am created Shiva the Destroyer; Death, the shatterer of worlds! Who is this dog meat who stands before me now? That's the biz, sweetheart. Randy Suess randy@chinet.chi.il.us