1SWAPON(8) 386BSD System Manager's Manual SWAPON(8) 2 3NNAAMMEE 4 sswwaappoonn - specify additional device for paging and swapping 5 6SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS 7 sswwaappoonn --aa 8 sswwaappoonn _s_p_e_c_i_a_l__f_i_l_e ... 9 10DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN 11 SSwwaappoonn is used to specify additional devices on which paging and swapping 12 are to take place. The system begins by swapping and paging on only a 13 single device so that only one disk is required at bootstrap time. Calls 14 to sswwaappoonn normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file 15 /_e_t_c/_r_c making all swap devices available, so that the paging and 16 swapping activity is interleaved across several devices. 17 18 Normally, the first form is used: 19 20 --aa All devices marked as ``sw'' swap devices in /_e_t_c/_f_s_t_a_b are made 21 available. 22 23 The second form gives individual block devices as given in the system 24 swap configuration table. The call makes only this space available to 25 the system for swap allocation. 26 27SSEEEE AALLSSOO 28 swapon(2), fstab(8) init(8) rc(8) 29 30FFIILLEESS 31 /dev/[ru][pk]?b standard paging devices 32 /etc/fstab ascii filesystem description table 33 34BBUUGGSS 35 There is no way to stop paging and swapping on a device. It is therefore 36 not possible to make use of devices which may be dismounted during system 37 operation. 38 39HHIISSTTOORRYY 40 The sswwaappoonn command appeared in 4.0BSD. 41 424th Berkeley Distribution March 16, 1991 1 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67