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j mckitrick wrote:

> 
> I just added 128 megs to my laptop.  I had 64 before, with a swap of 128.
> There is no way to change my swap size without starting from scratch, is
> there?


You may configure a swap _file_ via the vn disk paging device. Although 
not as performant as a new swap partition, this can be done without 
re-partitioning the disks.

man vn, man swapon are your friends.

HTH
-Christoph Sold


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