Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 09:30:10 +0400 From: "Igor B. Bykhalo" <goshik@binep.ac.ru> To: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: rebuild kernel to add vn pseudo-device for swap file Message-ID: <032601c2fd8f$ed7650e0$ea2ce9c1@binep.ac.ru> References: <DBEIKNMKGOBGNDHAAKGNOELGLLAB.dave@hawk-systems.com>
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From: "Dave [Hawk-Systems]" <dave@hawk-systems.com> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 7:51 PM Subject: rebuild kernel to add vn pseudo-device for swap file > Has a server halt last night because it ran out of swap space. The server is > slated for upgrade this month anyway (currently on 4.3) so I don't want to worry > about reslicing a partition. Figured the easiest would be to add a swap file > for a temporary solution but the pseudo-device vn isn't in our customized > kernel. > > What would be the minimal process to rebuild the kernel with this device, or is > the whole blown out proceedure requried as when we trimmed the kernel in the > first place. If i'm not mistaken, 4.3 has modules. Maybe you just can kldload vn and don't bother with kernel rebuild? HTH, Igor
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