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- From: cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.172455.7314@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 92 17:24:55 GMT
- Organization: WINCO
- Subject: Re: Swap area on Dec5000
- Summary:
- References: <16DEC199221211918@csa1.lbl.gov> <18452@borg.cs.unc.edu> <1gsvfiINNcts@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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- In article <1gsvfiINNcts@nz12.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> DAHMS@ifk20.mach.uni-karlsruhe.de (Heribert Dahms) writes:
- >In <18452@borg.cs.unc.edu> white@trantor.cs.unc.edu writes:
- >
- >[...]
- >: Yes, it is pretty easy. Edit /usr/sys/conf/mips/kernelname, changing
- >[...]
- >: to look like this:
- >: config vmunix root on rz0a swap on rz0b and rz1b dumps on rz0b
- >:
- >: Then execute
- >[rebuild kernel...]
- >:
- >: You will also have to add a line like this to /etc/fstab:
- >:
- >: /dev/rz1b::sw:1:1:ufs::
- >:
- >Is it really necessary to both modify kernel and edit fstab?
- >I think CDROM says one or the other?
- >Hey gurus, please comment!
-
- Ayup, it is. Not a bad idea, either. This way you can configure the
- kernel for multiple swap devices without actually having the devices
- available, or take away swap space without rebuilding the kernel every
- time.
-
- ---Dale Cook
-