Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!not-for-mail From: Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Adding Swap space.... Date: Fri, 28 Mar 1997 16:53:55 +1100 Organization: Monash University Lines: 20 Message-ID: <333B5CF3.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: ascendp-int-24.cc.monash.edu.au Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-NNTP-Posting-User: root X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1.5-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:37862 Hi all, I've seen mentioned in the FAQ the use of the pseudo-device vn to create swap files using regular files. I haven't had any success in doing this. I desperately need to add more swap, but don't have any extra HD space to use. Anyone know how this can be done ? Is there a command that will report the amount of swap space left ? (i.e. the amount of swap not in use ?) surely df should handle this ? -- Thanx in advance, David H. dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au ¤