Hi guys, On Fri, Nov 2, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Karl E. Jorgensen <karl.jorgen...@nice.com>wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 02, 2012 at 01:07:28PM +0000, Klaus Jantzen wrote: > > Hello, > > > > on my machine I have two HDDs with Windows, Debian and another Linux > system. > > Because of the two Linux systems I have two swap partitions. > > > > As I want to remove the other Linux I want to get rid of one of the swap > > partitions. > > How can I find out which swap partition is used by Debian and by the > > other Linux, respectively? > > > > With 'df' I only see the file systems mounted e.g. / (root) and /home of > > Debian but not the swap partition. > > Actually, even with two different linux installations under dual-boot, > you only need one swap partition: They can usually share :-) (unless > you do suspend-to-disk). > > >From within a running Linux system, you can see the active swap > partitions/files using: > > # swapon -s > > or > > $ cat /proc/swaps > It's also a good practice to properly set the partition types. Then, you can find the swap partition using "fdisk -l" and searching for the type "Linux swap", or 82. Assuming you're using regular partitions. > > Hope this helps > -- > Karl E. Jorgensen > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121102131857.GD22806@hawking > > Best, -- Pedro Eugênio Rocha
