From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Dec 29 12:08:52 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5358C935FF for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:08:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay10.qsc.de (mailrelay10.qsc.de [212.99.163.152]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3B15C197C for ; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:08:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay10.qsc.de; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:08:20 +0100 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-28-64.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.28.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 9036F3CC56; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:08:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id uBTC868b002962; Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:08:06 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 13:08:06 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Stari Karp Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: swap partition Message-Id: <20161229130806.914b65a1.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <1483012420.95172.9.camel@yandex.com> References: <1483012420.95172.9.camel@yandex.com> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay10.qsc.de with 65B3C683642 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1983 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2016 12:08:52 -0000 On Thu, 29 Dec 2016 06:53:40 -0500, Stari Karp wrote: > I like to increase swap partition but I am scary to screw up my system. > FreeBSD is installed on iMac (Mountain Lion). >=20 > gpart show > =3D>=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A034=A0=A01953525101=A0=A0ada0=A0=A0GPT=A0=A0(9= 32G) > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A034=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A06=A0=A0= =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0- free -=A0=A0(3.0K) > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A040=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0409600=A0=A0=A0=A0=A01= =A0=A0efi=A0=A0(200M) > =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0409640=A0=A01216587112=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02=A0=A0apple-hfs= =A0=A0(580G) > =A0 1216996752=A0=A0=A0=A0=A01269536=A0=A0=A0=A0=A03=A0=A0apple-boot=A0= =A0(620M) > =A0 1218266288=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A01024=A0=A0=A0=A0=A04=A0=A0freebsd-b= oot=A0=A0(512K) > =A0 1218267312=A0=A0=A0727710720=A0=A0=A0=A0=A05=A0=A0freebsd-ufs=A0=A0(3= 47G) > =A0 1945978032=A0=A0=A0=A0=A07547102=A0=A0=A0=A0=A06=A0=A0freebsd-swap=A0= =A0(3.6G) > =A0 1953525134=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A01=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0-= free -=A0=A0(512B) >=20 > What I planning to do: > Boot to OS X and than decrease apple-hfs partition for 64 GB. > Than boot to FreeBSD (single user) and: > swapoff -a > gpart resize -i6 ada0 > swapon -a >=20 > Do I need to use gpart resize -i6 -s 64G ada0 or gpart will find empty > space and use it, please? I don't think this is possible. Partitions have to be coherent disk space. If I read your current layout correctly, shrinking ada0p2 (apple-hfs) would leave a "hole" before ada0p3 (apple-boot), but your swap space is ada0p6. However, you can add a second swap space (and maybe even ignore your existing one), so the final layout could be this: ada0p1=A0=A0efi=A0=A0(200M) ada0p2=A0=A0apple-hfs=A0=A0(580G - 64G) <--- shrink ada0p3=A0=A0freebsd-swap=A0=A0(64G) <--- create in "hole" ada0p4=A0=A0apple-boot=A0=A0(620M) ada0p5=A0=A0freebsd-boot=A0=A0(512K) ada0p6=A0=A0freebsd-ufs=A0=A0(347G) ada0p7=A0=A0freebsd-swap=A0=A0(3.6G) <--- maybe ignore However, I don't have experience regarding partitioning on Mac OS X systems, but from a "logic point of view", this sounds reasonable. I'm also not sure if repartitioning will cause partition numbers to change, or if the offset and size will be assigned accordingly (so the new partition would become ada0p7). > Should I format on OS X empty space to FAT? No, leave it untouched, "empty space", unallocated. A swap partition doesn't need a file system, in fact, is _has to be_ void of a file system. --=20 Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...