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From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Console setup
Date: 6 Jun 1997 10:12:37 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <Pine.LNX.3.91.970603190349.19890A-100000@nettipaja.clinet.fi>,
Joel Yliluoma <bisqwit@nettipaja.clinet.fi> writes:
> On Tue, 3 Jun 1997, Matthias Buelow wrote:
> FreeBSD is big. I had Slackware Linux with many tools and toys plus X11
> on this partition, and there was 11 megs of free space generally.
> Now there's FreeBSD in the same 200 megs and there is only bare
> configuration, kernel, and few tiny programs compiled, no X11, and there's
> really LACK of free space. I wish I could use the old 36 megs Linux Swap
> partition, that now has no use. The 36 megs is a part of FreeBSD partition.
> *Unhappy*. :(
There's nothing stopping you using this partition. Can't you
label it (using disklabel) and then just run "swapon /dev/rwd0sX"
where X is the slice number ?
> ******************************************************
> * Joel Yliluoma <mailto:bisqwit@nettipaja.clinet.fi> *********
> * <http://www.nettipaja.clinet.fi/~bisqwit> <ircnet:Bisqwit> *
> **************************************************************
> * Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the *
> * life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (Joh 14:6) *
> **************************************************************
>
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !