SWAPON(8)               COMMAND REFERENCE               SWAPON(8)



NAME
     swapon - specify additional device for paging and swapping

SYNOPSIS
     /etc/swapon [-a] [-q]
     /etc/swapon 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 swapon
     normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file
     /etc/rc making all swap devices available, so that the
     paging and swapping activity is interleaved across several
     devices.

     In the second form, name is individual block devices as
     given in the system swap configuration table.  The call
     makes only this space available to the system for swap
     allocation.

OPTIONS
     -a  This option causes all devices marked as sw swap devices
         in /etc/fstab to be made available.

     -q  This option prevents warning messages from being printed
         if a swap device in /etc/fstab cannot be made available.

FILES
     /etc/fstab

RETURN VALUE
     [NO_ERRS]      Command completed without error.

     [USAGE]        Incorrect command line syntax. Execution
                    terminated.

     [NP_WARN]      An error warranting a warning message
                    occurred. Execution continues.

     [P_WARN]       A system error occurred. Execution continues.
                    See intro(2) for more information on system
                    errors.

     [P_ERR]        A system error occurred. Execution
                    terminated.  See intro(2) for more
                    information on system errors.

CAVEATS
     There is no way to stop paging and swapping on a device.  It
     is therefore not possible to make use of devices which may



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     be dismounted during system operation.

SEE ALSO
     swapon(2), fstab(5), init(8).



















































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