Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 09:23:26 -0800
From: Skip Carter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [LIB] WinNT and big hard drives ... *sigh*
> Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 23:27:55 +0800
> From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: WinNT and big hard drives ... *sigh*
>
> At the moment I'm thinking of swapping the Linux swap partition (which is
> primary partition 3, sitting just before the start of the extended partition)
> with the NT partition. How would I go about telling linux that its swap
> partition has changed from /dev/hda3 to /dev/hda5?
change the 'swap' entry in /etc/fstab
If you want to do it while 'live', use 'swapoff /dev/hda3' then
'swapon /dev/hda5'
> Is this really a good idea and/or will it really make any difference?
It won't matter to Linux where it is.
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