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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!izzy.net!aanews.merit.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Swap Partition, How Not To ? Date: 28 Apr 1996 12:50:23 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4lvm1v$dt@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4l95td$mth@news.ios.com> <4le9ki$f8r@uriah.heep.sax.de> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : joe@soho.ios.com (Kent Robotii) writes: : >Is it possible to install FreeBSD, without creating a swap partition first? : It's not very useful. Note: ``swap partition'' usually refers to a : portion of the FreeBSD `slice', i.e., you don't have to reserve an : fdisk partition for it. : (Installation will work if you've got enough RAM so the installer : would never attempt to swap out something. I assume 16 MB might count : as `sufficient', 8 MB most likely not.) : >I want instead, to create a swap file, is this possible, if so, HOW? : It's in the FAQ. Check out at http://www.freebsd.org/ : -- : cheers, J"org Or more to the point, "man vnconfig", "man swapon", man "swapinfo". -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....