Date: Fri, 17 Jan 1997 13:19:57 +0100 (MET) From: Zahemszky Gabor <zgabor@CoDe.hu> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (FreeBSD questions) Subject: Re: expanding a live Swap partition Message-ID: <199701171219.NAA00509@CoDe.hu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970117124608.28304A-100000@gatekeeper.barcode.co.il> from Nadav Eiron at "Jan 17, 97 12:47:39 pm"
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> > I know this is a stupid question, but I don't suppose it's possible to > > expand a swap partition on a "live" system is it? > > robert@chalmers.com.au for Whirled Peas http://www.chalmers.com.au > No, you'll need to repartition if you want a larger swap partition > (though you can backup, repartition and restore, instead of a complete > installation). The other option is to use a file with a vnode driver to > simulate a partiton inside a file. Look in the archives/FAQ, but be > warned that this will degrade performance. Or add another swap partition, if you have unallocated disk space. Of course, use another disk if you can. Gabor
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