Subject: Re: Using /dev/vnd0* for swap?
To: None <robert@cs.stanford.edu>
From: Phil Nelson <phil@cs.wwu.edu>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 04/04/1996 14:27:08
>I am trying to increase my swap space by configuring a vnode
>pseudo-disk device and using it for swap.
Here is how I do it:
a) make sure your kernel config says something like
.... root on wd0 swap on wd0 and vnd0a
b) dd if=/dev/zero of=/swap bs=1m count=16 (or some number of megs :)
c) vnconfig -c -v /dev/vnd0a /swap
d) swapon /dev/vnd0a
And now you are swapping on that file!
--
Phil Nelson
e-mail: phil@cs.wwu.edu
http://www.cs.wwu.edu/~phil