Date: Tue, 5 Aug 1997 16:30:49 -0400 From: Charles Henrich <henrich@crh.cl.msu.edu> To: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Swap Files Message-ID: <19970805163049.55827@crh.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804204112.6856R-100000@localhost>; from Doug White on Mon, Aug 04, 1997 at 08:42:49PM -0700 References: <19970804111755.21337@crh.cl.msu.edu> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970804204112.6856R-100000@localhost>
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On the subject of Re: Swap Files, Doug White stated:
> Are you trying to make a vnswap space? Didn't you allocate a partition for
> swap? You should have during initial system setup.
A) Yes, B) No. Does FreeBSD require a swap partition to operate?
> See vnconfig(8) for details on how to set this up. Your performance is
> going to be horrible though; I would suggest repartitioning if this is a new
> system.
Why should it be any worse than a swap partition?
-Crh
Charles Henrich Michigan State University henrich@msu.edu
http://pilot.msu.edu/~henrich
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