On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:44:03PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: > Brett I. Holcomb wrote: > > Right now I really don't care about elegance - I just need to get the stuff > > off that disk and replace it <G>. A symlink it is then. > > yea, it will get the job done. > > > Next problem is how to move the swap partition. I assume I can run without > > a swap for a period of time while I install a new disk and parition it. If > > so how do I disable it? > > Technically, you could run without swap permanently, but the performance > would blow chunks if tried to use anything that was memory intensive. > Anyway, the command 'swapoff' is prolly what you're seeking, if you > don't wish to reboot. Otherwise, just remove it from fstab.
Hmmm. I may be mixing my operating systems, but I thought there was a way to use a file for swapping. No? ++ kevin -- Kevin O'Gorman (805) 650-6274 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Permanent e-mail forwarder: mailto:Kevin.O'[EMAIL PROTECTED] At school: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~kogorman/index.html Web: http://kosmanor.com/~kevin/index.html "Life is short; eat dessert first!" _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
