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1.1     ! root        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/[fsd]?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.

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