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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Swap
Date: 7 Dec 1995 21:16:36 GMT
Organization: Private BSD site, Dresden
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roberto@keltia.freenix.fr (Ollivier Robert) writes:

> Yes, you have to use  vnconfig  for that. You  create a  file (with dd  for
> example) and use vnconfig to config the file as a swap device. 

Don't forget to add

pseudo-device vn

in your kernel config file.
-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)