FreeBSD Adding swap space
Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 4:39 amI have FreeBSD running in VirtualBox on my windows P. When I compile the math/R port, the compile fails because of lack of swap space.
The FreeBSD Manual describes how to add swap space.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/adding-swap-space.html
The FreeBSD Manual describes how to add swap space.
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/adding-swap-space.html
Example 11-1. Creating a Swapfile on FreeBSD
1. Be certain that your kernel configuration includes the memory disk driver (md(4)). It is default in GENERIC kernel.
device md # Memory "disks"
2. Create a swapfile (/usr/swap0):
# dd if=/dev/zero of=/usr/swap0 bs=1024k count=64
3. Set proper permissions on (/usr/swap0):
# chmod 0600 /usr/swap0
4. Enable the swap file in /etc/rc.conf:
swapfile="/usr/swap0" # Set to name of swapfile if aux swapfile desired.
5. Reboot the machine or to enable the swap file immediately, type:
# mdconfig -a -t vnode -f /usr/swap0 -u 0 && swapon /dev/md0