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From: Curt Finch <curt@pnk.com>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: adding swap space
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 1997 10:15:51 -0500
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Primarily due to Netscape Navigator's pigginess, I often seem
to be coming dangerously close to running out of swap space.

I have extra space in /usr.  Is it possible to turn some portion 
of this into paging space?

If not, what steps must I go thru to hook up a new SCSI drive
(adaptec2940 pci card is already there and working) and get 
it to start acting as a new paging space.  

I assume I can split the drive into paging/regular FS?

I'm used to AIX where all of this is trivial for any moron
to do (which is good for me you see) in SMIT by clicking on 
	'Add a new paging space'.
(Of course AIX isn't free either and doesn't run on intel, at
least not anymore)

Thanks in advance for any help.

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