Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 15:04:30 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius <tom@haven.uniserve.com> To: dale@northcoast.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: swap partition name Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.950302150231.27414A-100000@haven.uniserve.com> In-Reply-To: <199503021900.LAA06127@redwood.northcoast.com>
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On Thu, 2 Mar 1995 dale@northcoast.com wrote: > The fdisk help files tell me to be sure to assign a swap file > partition, but I don't know what to call it so it'll be recognized as > such.?. The assign command insists that the name start with "/"; I > tried "/swap", "/swp", & "/tmp". I'm installing the boot stuff from > 1.2MB floppy so the tutorial FAQ isn't included. FreeBSD handles partitions a little differently than Linux. You generally only have one FreeBSD partition per disk. Within that disk you can have one or more "slices". The second slice (b), will be the swap slice. Tom
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