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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!data.ramona.vix.com!sonysjc!su-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!worldnet.att.net!newsadm From: "Alan W. Trulock" <FredI@worldnet.att.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Adding Swap space.... Date: Sat, 29 Mar 1997 20:46:53 -0500 Organization: ...ought never be organized... Lines: 27 Message-ID: <333DC60C.41C67EA6@worldnet.att.net> References: <333B5CF3.41C67EA6@silas.cc.monash.edu.au> NNTP-Posting-Host: 207.116.65.25 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01Gold (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.2-RELEASE i386) Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:38088 I haven't used vn to create swap space, but the command to check available swap space is swapinfo. --Alan Chooka wrote: > > 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 > ¤