On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 08:30:40PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: > 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.
Understood. However, his comment that he has no place to put it made me think that his need was going to be a bit longer than minutes. Perhaps at least long enough to acquire another hard drive; perhaps longer. The main thing is how does he do it? ++ 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.
