On Wed, 13 Aug 1997 15:27:36 +0200 (MET DST) 
 Stefan Schaeckeler <schaecsn@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de> wrote:

 > Is there (netbsd 1.2) a possibility to create a swap_file_
 > (like under linux). If not: has somebody compiled that free

"Sort of."  You must add the "vnd" driver to your kernel, tell the
kernel that it can also swap on vnd0, configure a file into a vnd, and
swapon that vnd.

Under NetBSD-current, you can just create a file, and "swapctl -A file".

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