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get OSX to use non-startup disk for virual memory?
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chasg
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Nov 30, 2006, 06:25 PM
 
Hi All,

Any unix tweaks to get OSX to use a different disk for virtual memory, rather than the startup disk? I have a fast two disk RAID 0 set that I use for scratch for several programs, and it'd be nice to have OSX use it too (it's of course not my startup disk, and I know that a RAID 0 startup disk can be advantageous, but it's not a option).

Thanks for any info,

Chas
     
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Nov 30, 2006, 06:34 PM
 
It's not exactly a simple procedure, but there are ways of changing the swap directory.
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chasg  (op)
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Nov 30, 2006, 09:19 PM
 
Yikes, you weren't kidding...thanks for the link though.

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