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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: adding swap space
Date: 30 Apr 1997 11:12:10 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <336610A7.41C67EA6@pnk.com>,
Curt Finch <curt@pnk.com> writes:
> 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?
Yep. Use dd to create a file and point to the file from
/etc/sysconfig (the swapfile variable).
> 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?
Run /stand/sysinstall. Just do the fdisk & disklabel bits
and exit again.
> 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)
PAH ! I started on an AIX box with a VTOC'd disk, mucked
around for about 3 hours trying to mount the thing, managed
to remove the VTOC, managed to put back the VTOC and gave
up. And I thought creating the VTOC was supposed to be the
tricy bit.
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !