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Date:      Tue, 15 May 2001 07:48:18 +0200
From:      Christoph Sold <so@server.i-clue.de>
To:        j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: expanding swap space?
Message-ID:  <3B00C322.1050901@i-clue.de>
References:  <20010515031705.A38994@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>

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j mckitrick wrote:

> 
> I just added 128 megs to my laptop.  I had 64 before, with a swap of 128.
> There is no way to change my swap size without starting from scratch, is
> there?


You may configure a swap _file_ via the vn disk paging device. Although 
not as performant as a new swap partition, this can be done without 
re-partitioning the disks.

man vn, man swapon are your friends.

HTH
-Christoph Sold


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