because sometimes I really need 2G of swap space (statistical computations) c
Herman Knief wrote:
What is your requirement to add swap? Just because you've added memory does not require an increase swap.
-Herman
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 07:35, Christoph Lehmann wrote:
Hi I am not a linux pro! I have 3 partitions, one swap (1G), one for winNT, and the main linux partition. I need to double the swap space (I have 2G RAM now). With yast I cannot resize (increase) the swap since no space is left in the other partitions. The linux main partition cannot be resized with yast as long as it is mounted and I have a bad feeling unmounting it..
what do you recommend? First, you can have multiple swap spaces. Secondly, you can define a file in a Linux file system as swap. Take a look at the mkswap(8) and swapon(8) and swapoff(8) commands. The mkswap(8) man
On Tuesday 19 April 2005 10:54 am, Christoph Lehmann wrote:
page has a section on how to make a swap file.
If you need to resize the root partition, you need to boot Linux as a
standalone, either use the SuSE rescue Cd or any other modern Linux. I
usually use Knoppix with QTParted.
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Jerry Feldman