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From: andreas@klemm.gtn.com (Andreas Klemm)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.386bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc
Subject: Re: increase swap space
Date: 25 Sep 1996 07:21:52 GMT
Organization: FreeBSD makes fun
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In article <51e6df$i8@anorak.coverform.lan>,
brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) writes:
> You can't reduce the filesystem size easily, but you can create a file on
> your 8Gb partition w/
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/my8gbdisk/swapfile bs=1048576 count=100
>
> (for a 100Mb file) and then use vnconfig and swapon.
To use this swap file via vnconfig and swapon he has certainly
to compile and install a new kernel, where the vnode drivers is
enabled.
cd /sys/i386/conf
edit your kernel config file or copy GENERIC to SOMENAME
edit somename and add the line
pseudo-device vn #Vnode driver (turns a file into a device)
config SOMENAME
cd ../../compile/SOMENAME
time make depend all
If a new kernel was linked, then you can install it via make install.
The old kernel is saved as /kernel.old and can be booted in case
of trouble ...
That's it.
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