Sun Microsystems Sun Workstation 100U System Manager's Manual page 255

SWAPON(8)
MAINTENANCE COMMANDS
SWAPON(8)
NAME
swapon - specify additional device ror paging and swapping
SYNOPSIS
/uar /etc/a.apoD -a
/uar/etc/awapoD
name ...
DESCRIPTION
Swapon
is used to specify additional devices on which paging and swapping are to take place.
The system begins by swapping and paging on only a single device so that only one disk is
required at bootstrap time. Calls to
Bwapon
normally occur in the system multi-user initialization
file
I etcl rc
making aU swap devices available,
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that the paging and swapping activity is inter-
leaved acroas several d.evices.
Normally, the -a argument is given, causing all devices marked as "sw" swap devices in
/etc/fltab
to be made available.
The second rorm gives individual block devices as given in the system swap configuration table.
The call makes only this space available to the system for swap allocation.
SEE ALSO
FILES
BUGS
100
8wapon(2), init(8)
/dev /lruJlpk)!b normal paging devices
There is no way
to
stop paging and swapping on a device. It is therefore not possible to make use
or devices which may be dismounted during system operation.
Last change: 4 February 1983
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