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Subject: Re: Can Linux/FreeBSD share swap?
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From: Dave Marquardt <marquard@zilker.net>
Date: 22 Feb 1997 08:53:52 -0600
In-Reply-To: Scott Blachowicz's message of Mon, 17 Feb 1997 19:51:48 -0800
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Scott Blachowicz <scott@statsci.com> writes:
> I've seen descriptions of using a vn swapspace on a msdosfs (now, isn't THAT
> scary!) - trying to overlay an NT or Windoze swap file; but I don't recall
> if the descriptions were of theory or success.

I've done that successfully.  Mind you, I don't put much of a load on
my system, but netscape was eating lots of memory and I didn't want to
kill it just yet, so I did

	vnconfig /dev/vn0c /dos/386spart.par
	swapon /dev/vn0c

Works just fine.

-Dave