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--- unix:freebsd:system_builds:basic_freebsd_installation [2019/11/08 17:15] – [Post Installation File System Modifications] rodolico
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 Additionally, I want to create a swap file to replace the partition. Swap is very nice to have, but rarely used, but I had one case where my swap partition was just too damned small and the server started acting squirrely whenever there was a lot of ZFS activity.
+  - Make a backup copy of /etc/fstab
+  - create a 4G file to be used for swap space. modify size as necessary
+  - Create the entry in fstab for the swap space
+  - turn on swap
+  - create a tmpfs entry in fstab for /tmp
+  - move /var/tmp to point to /tmp
+  - activate /tmp. This could cause instability if something is being used, so reboot very soon
 <code bash>
 cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.bak
-# create a 4G file to be used for swap space. modify size as necessary
 dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1G count=4
-# Create the entry in fstab
 echo 'md99  none  swap  sw,file=/swapfile 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
-# create a tmpfs entry in fstab for /tmp
+swapon -a
 echo 'tmpfs  /tmp  tmpfs  rw,mode=01777 0 0' >> /etc/fstab
-# move /var/tmp to point to /tmp
 rm -fR /var/tmp
 ln -s /tmp /var/tmp
-# activate /tmp. This could cause instability if something is
-# being used, so reboot very soon
 rm -fR /tmp/*
 mount /tmp
 mount
-# Just to be on the safe side, reboot
-# might as well plug the rest of the drives in
-# if you removed them as we normally do, then
 reboot
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