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From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Checking RAM and swap use
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On Tue, Oct 29, 2002 at 08:47:08AM -0500, John Mills wrote:
 
> Now - I see I need to increase my swap partition. Do I have to wipe my
> installation and start again?

No.  You can add extra file backed swap devices on the fly --- doesn't
even need a reboot.  See vnconfig(8) for details.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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