On Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:51:20 -0500 Peter Steele <pste...@maxiscale.com> wrote:
> Are there any advantages to using mdconfig and creating a virtual > disk for swap space as opposed to having a designated swap partition? > For example, I could do something like this: > > mdconfig -a -t swap -f /var/swap0 -s 4g > swapon -a /dev/md0 FWIW that's already supported by adding swapfile="/var/swap0" to rc.conf Your arguments are wrong BTW "-t swap" creates a device *backed* by swap. And the size comes from the size of the supplied file - which you typically create with dd. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
