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#471 Embedded install: unable to install swap on file
Installing recent XigmaNAS as embedded variant on an USB flash drive leaves me with a standard 2G swap on that USB flash drive. When trying to add another swap file, selecting "file" as target, doesn't work. One can not select anything within the selector "mount point".
I can confirm this issue in the 14.3 serie as well.
So I decided to create a zvol to be used as swap... which turned out to be a very bad idea :(
It would be great to be able to use data disks for swap instead of smashing our USB flash drive.
But despite this little issue, thanks a lot for XigmaNAS!
Last edit: blotza 2025-10-14
This issue may be in fact a safeguard as my data disks are only ZFS and ZFS seems unfriendly with swap (zvol or file). Later, I'll try adding an UFS data disk to confirm my feeling.
Confirmation: swapfile creation through Web GUI WITH an UFS filesystem is seamless.