Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2000 16:06:12 +0300
From: dk
Message-ID: <3A2E65DB.369FFCCA@gypsyfarm.com>
Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 11:14:19 -0500
From: zentara
I'm was set wrong SWAP size in installation. Can I change it now ore reinstallation is the best choise?
Yes, but it can be tricky. You will need to either make another larger swap somewhere in some free space, then do a mkswap command on the partition. Then put it in your /etc/fstab file. You can also resize your current partitions with some utility like parted. Make a partition adjacent to your current swap smaller, then increase the swap size. Partition Magic might do it, but parted was designed for linux. You may need to do a mkswap on the resized partition. If you just freshly installed, and are a new user, it might just be easier to do a fresh install. It's good practice... I've done it over a hundred times. :-)
From: Cliff Sarginson
I'm was set wrong SWAP size in installation. Can I change it now ore reinstallation is the best choise?
Best regards, Dmitry Komarov
You can have more than one swap partition. If you have some free space where you can make a new partition you can use that. This is your best option. You could also use a swap file, but that is very inefficient, Linux's swapping algorithm is not one of it's strong points anyway so it would be better not to slow it down further ! You might be able to do some partition juggling, but that can be a bit fraught if you are not (yet) familiar with partition mangling ! A re-install is a bit dramatic, but .. is alwaus possible of course! good luck Cliff
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