Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!news.arc.nasa.gov!dftsrv!thuja.gsfc.nasa.gov!karl From: karl@thuja.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.admin Subject: Re: two swapping devices for a Sun 4.1.1 kernel Message-ID: <1991Jun22.194825@thuja.gsfc.nasa.gov> Date: 22 Jun 91 23:48:25 GMT References: <1991Jun21.211100.9073@risky.ecs.umass.edu> Sender: news@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov Reply-To: karl@thuja.gsfc.nasa.gov (Karl Anderson) Distribution: usa Organization: NASA/GSFC code 923 Lines: 27 In article <1991Jun21.211100.9073@risky.ecs.umass.edu>, breck@ganzer.ecs.umass.edu (Liam Breck) writes: |> Hi all |> |> Just putting in a custom kernel, but SunOS config doesn't like: |> |> config vmunix root on sd0a swap on sd0b and sd1b dumps on sd1b |> |> If I take out the "and sd1b" I get no complaints. I thought this |> was the standard way to tell the kernel to swap on two devices! |> |> So someone please tell me and the net how it's done! |> -- |> Liam Breck breck@umvlsi.ecs.umass.edu The standard way to add a swap device under SunOS is with the swapon(8) command. It can be done from the command line or in /etc/rc.local with "swapon /dev/r", or by placing an entry in /etc/fstab of the form /dev/r swap swap rw 0 0 and executing "swapon -a". -- Karl A. Anderson | Internet: karl@forest.gsfc.nasa.gov NASA/GSFC code 923 (STX) | voice: (301) 286-3815 Greenbelt, MD 20771 | #include "std_disclaimer"