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Add "Creating a Swapfile on FreeBSD 5.X" example.

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Marc Fonvieille 2002-12-05 22:02:57 +00:00
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want, of course.</para>
<example>
<title>Creating a Swapfile</title>
<title>Creating a Swapfile on FreeBSD 4.X</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
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</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</example>
<example>
<title>Creating a Swapfile on FreeBSD 5.X</title>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>Be certain that your kernel configuration includes
the memory disk driver (&man.md.4;). It is default in
<filename>GENERIC</filename> kernel.</para>
<programlisting>device md # Memory "disks"</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>create a swapfile (<filename>/usr/swap0</filename>):</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap0 bs=1024k count=64</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>set proper permissions on (<filename>/usr/swap0</filename>):</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>chmod 0600 /usr/swap0</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>enable the swap file in <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>:</para>
<programlisting>swapfile="/usr/swap0" # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired.</programlisting>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>Reboot the machine or to enable the swap file immediately,
type:</para>
<screen>&prompt.root; <userinput>mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/swap0 -u 0 && swapon /dev/md0</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>
</example>
</sect2>
</sect1>