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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!news.gan.net.au!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!news.uoregon.edu!hpg30a.csc.cuhk.hk!news.cuhk.edu.hk!news.hk.net!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.coast.net!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.bctel.net!kryten.awinc.com!news From: troy@awinc.com (Troy Ihmels) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding Swap? Date: 20 Mar 1996 00:46:06 GMT Organization: A&W Internet Inc. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <4inkge$537@kryten.awinc.com> References: <314DA16D.6D88@awinc.com> <314E9C08.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: data.awinc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Newsreader: WinVN 0.99.7 In article <314E9C08.167EB0E7@FreeBSD.org>, jkh@FreeBSD.org says... > >See the man pages for vnconfig(1) and swapon(1). >-- >- Jordan Hubbard > President, FreeBSD Project Ok, the man pages are not really complete - here is one for the FAQ: ------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Adding swap space Date: Fri, 22 Dec 1995 10:25:34 +0100 (MET) From: "Werner Griessl" Here is an example for 64Mb vn-swap (/usr/swap0) 1) create a vn-device cd /dev; sh ./MAKEDEV vn0 2) create a swapfile ( /usr/swap0 ) dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap0 bs=1024k count=64 3) put into /etc/rc.local the line vnconfig -ce /dev/vn0c /usr/swap0 swap 4) reboot the machine You must also have a kernel with the line pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device) in your config-file. Hope this helps Werner