TITLE
    Mac OS X Server: Modifying Allocation of Paging & Swapping Space
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Modified: 		25030
10/22/99
10/22/99
TOPIC

    I want to change how my Mac OS X Server uses space for paging and swapping. I manually edited the file /etc/swaptab, but now mach_swapon fails.

DISCUSSION

    Mac OS X is pre-configured for optimum performance on PowerPC platforms. Therefore, modification of paging and swap space is not recommended. However, if you wish to modify these parameters, use /sbin/mach_swapon to make those changes rather than manually editing the /etc/swaptab file. Note that /sbin/mach_swapon will fail if the file listed in /etc/swaptab does not exist.

Document Information
Product Area: Mac OS System Software
Category: Mac OS X Server
Sub Category: Troubleshooting

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