RE: [SLE] Partitions - SWAP - Newbie(ish) question
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Hi, The swap partition shows up in my /etc/fstab, I think yours should too. To check if you have one in use you can look in /proc/swaps. One way is # cat /proc/swaps To see if one is defined do # fdisk -l Tim
-----Original Message----- From: Mark Schaefer [SMTP:mark.schaefer@delavan.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 10:43 AM
running Star Office and the PDF viewer and netscape will make my machine stop. I tried typing free and there were three 0's (zeros!!) on the swap line. Is it possible I have managed to install on this machine without a swap???
Paul Sims wrote:
If you type "free" at a console, it'll tell you how much swap space
using & how much "real" memory is left. I have 96Mb, and even with Star Office & Netscape running it barely touches swap. You'd be best served by putting the swap partition on its own disk, or at least the fastest disk, rather than making more swap ptns.
All you have to do to make a swap ptn is to run fdisk or the
utility in Yast, create a new ptn, change type to Linux Swap (83) and initialise it with mkswap. > -----Original Message----- From: Mark Schaefer [SMTP:mark.schaefer@delavan.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2000 1:52 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: [SLE] Partitions - SWAP - Newbie(ish) question
Hi folks,
I let Yast do the partitioning on my work machine and I guess I now have 1 swap partition.
I remember reading a "partitioning" How-To and there was a sample
which showed that the author had more than one swap partition.
My questions are .. .. 1) Does it actually help to have more than one swap partition ? 2) If yes then how many for a machine with 96MB Ram ? 3) Should I put them on diferent Hard Disks ?
4) Is it possible to add another swap partition to an existing installation without starting again at the begining. I know I can use FIPS to make some space but how do I then format the new partition as swap and let Linux know that it is there and ready for use.
Finally.. .. Being a newbie I expected to see my current swap
you are partitioning list partition
in my /etc/fstab file but it isn't there - which file keeps that info?
Hope you guys will help.
BFN
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