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.TH SWAPON 8 "4 February 1983"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
swapon \- specify additional device for paging and swapping
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "/etc/swapon"
.B \-a
.br
.B "/etc/swapon"
name ...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I 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
.I swapon
normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file
.I /etc/rc
making all swap devices available, so that the paging and swapping
activity is interleaved across several devices.
.PP
Normally, the
.B \-a
argument is given, causing all devices marked as ``sw''
swap devices in
.B /etc/fstab
to be made available.
.PP
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.
.SH SEE ALSO
swapon(2), init(8)
.SH FILES
.DT
/dev/[ru][pk]?b	normal paging devices
.SH 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.
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b56edb6d C	1	.TH SWAPON 8 "4 February 1983"
	2	.UC 4
	3	.SH NAME
	4	swapon \- specify additional device for paging and swapping
	5	.SH SYNOPSIS
	6	.B "/etc/swapon"
	7	.B \-a
	8	.br
	9	.B "/etc/swapon"
	10	name ...
	11	.SH DESCRIPTION
	12	.I Swapon
	13	is used to specify additional devices on which paging and swapping
	14	are to take place.
	15	The system begins by swapping and paging on only a single device
	16	so that only one disk is required at bootstrap time.
	17	Calls to
	18	.I swapon
	19	normally occur in the system multi-user initialization file
	20	.I /etc/rc
	21	making all swap devices available, so that the paging and swapping
	22	activity is interleaved across several devices.
	23	.PP
	24	Normally, the
	25	.B \-a
	26	argument is given, causing all devices marked as ``sw''
	27	swap devices in
	28	.B /etc/fstab
	29	to be made available.
	30	.PP
	31	The second form gives individual block devices as given
	32	in the system swap configuration table. The call makes only this space
	33	available to the system for swap allocation.
	34	.SH SEE ALSO
	35	swapon(2), init(8)
	36	.SH FILES
	37	.DT
	38	/dev/[ru][pk]?b normal paging devices
	39	.SH BUGS
	40	There is no way to stop paging and swapping on a device.
	41	It is therefore not possible to make use of devices which may be
	42	dismounted during system operation.