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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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