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Re: [SLE] How to extend swap partition (2)
- From: Tor Sigurdsson <tosi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 22:23:21 +0000
- Message-id: <01011622232101.20838@dustpuppy>
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Try:
fdisk /dev/hda
then in fdisk:
n (new)
p (primary)
4 (partition 4)
enter (start at first available cylinder)
+128M (create a 128 megabyte partition)
t (change type of partition)
4 (change type of partition 4)
82 (set type to swap)
w (write partition table to disk)
q (quit)
Of course, I can't emphasize enough, if in doubt, PRESS CTRL-C. This will
kill fdisk without making any modifications to your filesystem ! ( given that
you have NOT issued the "w" command !!!!!! )
If you get errors, then you may not have the space available on your hard
drive to create a new partition. If you are unable to create a new partition,
please post the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda" with your reply to the list.
And remember - IF IN DOUBT, PRESS CTRL-C ! :-)
Regards,
Tor Sigurdsson
> All,
>
> Thanks to eveyone who responded to my question
> on how to extend my swap space. My only problem
> now is using fdisk to create a new swap space.
>
> I did a 'man' on fdisk to understand it's usage
> and this is what I came up with, but I am still
> unable to create the partition. (This partition
> stuff is definitely not for newbies).
>
> fdisk -s 133056 /dev/hda4
>
> error msg: unable to open 133056
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Here is my current partition settings:
>
> Device Name Frm To Blocks Partition Type
> ----------- --- -- ------ --------------
> /dev/hda1 1 5 20128 83 Linux Native
> /dev/hda2 6 38 133056 82 Linux Swap
> /dev/hda3 39 1023 3971520 83 Linux Native
>
> TIA,
> Daniel N.
>
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Try:
fdisk /dev/hda
then in fdisk:
n (new)
p (primary)
4 (partition 4)
enter (start at first available cylinder)
+128M (create a 128 megabyte partition)
t (change type of partition)
4 (change type of partition 4)
82 (set type to swap)
w (write partition table to disk)
q (quit)
Of course, I can't emphasize enough, if in doubt, PRESS CTRL-C. This will
kill fdisk without making any modifications to your filesystem ! ( given that
you have NOT issued the "w" command !!!!!! )
If you get errors, then you may not have the space available on your hard
drive to create a new partition. If you are unable to create a new partition,
please post the output of "fdisk -l /dev/hda" with your reply to the list.
And remember - IF IN DOUBT, PRESS CTRL-C ! :-)
Regards,
Tor Sigurdsson
> All,
>
> Thanks to eveyone who responded to my question
> on how to extend my swap space. My only problem
> now is using fdisk to create a new swap space.
>
> I did a 'man' on fdisk to understand it's usage
> and this is what I came up with, but I am still
> unable to create the partition. (This partition
> stuff is definitely not for newbies).
>
> fdisk -s 133056 /dev/hda4
>
> error msg: unable to open 133056
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Here is my current partition settings:
>
> Device Name Frm To Blocks Partition Type
> ----------- --- -- ------ --------------
> /dev/hda1 1 5 20128 83 Linux Native
> /dev/hda2 6 38 133056 82 Linux Swap
> /dev/hda3 39 1023 3971520 83 Linux Native
>
> TIA,
> Daniel N.
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
> http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
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| Netmaður | Network Specialist | o |
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| tosi@xxxxxxxxx | i |
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