SWAPON(8) SWAPON(8)
NAME
swapon - specify paging/swapping device
SYNOPSIS
/etc/swapon -a
/etc/swapon name ...
DESCRIPTION
Swapon is used to specify additional devices on which paging
and swapping are to take place. The system begins by swap-
ping and paging on a single device so that only one disk is
required at bootstrap time. Calls to swapon normally occur
in the system multi-user initialization file rc(8) making
all swap devices available, so that the paging and swapping
activity is interleaved across several devices.
Normally, the -a argument is given, causing all devices
marked as ``sw'' swap devices in /etc/fstab to be made
available.
The second form 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
init(8)
FILES
/dev/ra?1 normal paging devices
BUGS
There is no way to stop paging and swapping on a device. It
is therefore not possible to make use of devices which may
be dismounted during system operation.