-- David Kelly N4HHE, dke...@hiwaay.net ============================================================ Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad. On Jan 23, 2017, at 11:08 AM, Per Hedeland <p...@hedeland.org> 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.:-) FreeBSD is happy to utilize multiple swap files and devices. It's best to distribute swap across mounted devices for best performance. There are ways to resize existing partitions without backup/wipe/repartition, but not without risk. The safest way is either a swapfile or add another device with a proper swap partition/slice. Swapfile is not the way to configure a fresh install, but it gets the job done. Don't let quest for perfection prevent you from using a good-enough solution.
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