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Date:      Mon, 07 Jun 2004 00:26:55 -0400
From:      Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
To:        Scott Ballantyne <sdb@ssr.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Maximum Swap Size
Message-ID:  <40C3EE8F.30703@mac.com>
In-Reply-To: <1086575994.20746.1.camel@ns.ssr.com>
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Scott Ballantyne wrote:
> Hmmm... I didn't know there was a maximum swap size on FreeBSD 4.10 of
> 1677216 blocks... Is there an easy way to reduce this partition without
> redoing the entire install?

Yes.  Delete just the swap partition in place, then recreate it using a 
smaller size (using /stand/sysinstall or another tool of your choice).  The 
rest of your existing partitions and the data in them should be fine...

-- 
-Chuck



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