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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 1996 16:12:37 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        ceo@bbbiiizzz.com (R J Huntington)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: reconfig info
Message-ID:  <199603120542.QAA26417@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <3144C49C.1F73@bbbiiizzz.com> from "R J Huntington" at Mar 11, 96 02:26:04 pm

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R J Huntington stands accused of saying:
> 
> We have FreeBSD installed on our server and need to increase swap
> space. The question is: Do we have to reinstall the OS from scratch?

No.  See the 'vnconfig' manpage and the handbook for instructions on
creating a swapfile.

> Also, why does a df not show the swap partition?

Because 'df' shows information about mounted filesystems.  The swap partition
isn't a filesystem.

> 	Ralph Huntington

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