Hi:

I have upgraded RAM on a Linux system (RHL 7.3)
from 128Mb -> 256Mb.

The current swap partition (/dev/hda6) size is 256Mb.

The options that I am weighing are:

1. Create another swap partition of size 256Mb
   mounted on /dev/hda10.

2. Create another swap partition of size 512Mb
   mounted on /dev/hda10.
   and
   swapoff /dev/hda6

The concerns are:

a. In scenario (1), there are two partitions
   /dev/hda6 and /dev/hda10 over which the swap
   is distributed. So, the HDD head needs to move
   around. Would this affect performance ?

b. In scenario (2), a single partition is created
   on /dev/hda10, which addresses my requirements.
   However, there is a hole created on the device
   /dev/hda6 (572 - 604) ! How do I reclaim it ?

What would be a good approach to increase the size
of the swap partition to 512 Mb ? Are there any other
possible approaches ?

Additionally, I don't see cfdisk installed on my RHL 7.3

Thanks for your time and consideration.

Tom.

Current System Configuration
----------------------------
Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1027 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1             1       261   2096451   17  Hidden HPFS/NTFS
/dev/hda2   *       262       294    265072+  83  Linux
/dev/hda3           295       555   2096482+  83  Linux
/dev/hda4           556      1027   3791340    5  Extended
/dev/hda5           556       571    128488+  83  Linux
/dev/hda6           572       604    265041   82  Linux swap <<-----
/dev/hda7           605       735   1052226   83  Linux
/dev/hda8           736       751    128488+  83  Linux
/dev/hda9           752       947   1574338+  83  Linux




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