Kevin O'Gorman wrote: > 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?
You're correct, you can have a swap file in linux. But its not worth it if this is just for a few minutes while he shuffles some data about. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 8:25pm up 61 days, 3:15, 3 users, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.11 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
