On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 19:23:15 +0000, Dave wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Jan 2017 18:08:23 +0100, Per Hedeland wrote:
> 
>> On 2017-01-23 15:35, Dave wrote:
>>> 
>>> I'm not sure if there's a way to increase swap on this.  FreeBSD, like
>>> Linux and unlike Windows, uses a swap partition.  4GB was enough when
>>> I layed out the hard disk.  Now it isn't.  I'm not sure if there's a way
>>> around this without a full backup, reforemat, restore.
>> 
>> FWIW, FreeBSD can swap to files too, sort-of (i.e. by treating the file
>> as a device). See
>> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/adding-swap-space.html
>> I believe Linux can do it too...
>> 
>> But this doesn't sound like a great fix for the problem.:-)
>> 
>> --Per
> 
> I suspected as much, but I had to take my shopping and didn't get a
> chance to check :-)

Thanks for the info. Job done.  Added an extra 8GB.

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