Separate HD for swap space

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Title: Separate HD for swap space
Post by: korneluk on July 12, 2007, 03:56:00 AM
Can the swap space (location, size) be changed after the fact or is this something that can only be done during installation of the OS?

Reason being that I want to install a separate HD to contain the swap space with the rest allocated for backups. Having two HDs, one for apps and one for swapping, can greatly increase system performance.

TIA,

-- josé k.
Title: Separate HD for swap space
Post by: da9000 on July 12, 2007, 05:49:26 AM
As in most Unixes it should be not too complicated to move the swap files to a separate disk, after installation. I've not done it on NS yet, but I'd look in the /etc scripts first (using grep).
Title: Separate HD for swap space
Post by: Nitro on July 12, 2007, 07:52:33 AM
I put TjL's Swapfile & Swapdisk FAQ online in the FAQ section of the archives.  It has a ton of information on setting up and optimizing your swapfile.  There's also some supporting documentation to go along with it.

http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Docs/FAQ/Swapfiles/

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