How to configure additional swap space?

[Holger Zessel AG Nehmer]

bush at evax.arl.utexas.edu (Joe Bush) writes:


|>	We are running a Ultrix 3.1 on a uVAX 3900 with 32Mb
|>of core, by the way...
|>	The general consensus seems to be that more swap space is
|>called for. I am following those suggestions and configuring the
|>additional swap space. This seemed like the logical first step since
[...]
|>	I modified the following line to my /sys/conf/SYSTEM file and 
|>rebuilt the kernel:

|>		config	vmunix	... swap on ra0b and ra1b and ra2b  ...  

|>	I added the following two lines to my /etc/fstab:

|>		/dev/ra1b::sw:0:0:ufs::
|>		/dev/ra2b::sw:0:0:ufs::
|>	
|>	Now heres the problem: I then attempted to execute the
|>		# swapon -a
|>		Adding /dev/ra1b as swap device
|>		/dev/ra1b: No such device
|>		Adding /dev/ra2b as swap device
|>		/dev/ra2b: No such device

hmmm. May be you should try the line *I* inserted for the same purpose:
	/dev/ra1b::sw:::::
May be the ufs type irritates the kernel. I don't know how this line is parsed.
|>	- Joe
Holger
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