In reply to ben's mail, d.d. Tue, 25 Jun 2002 23:57:12 +1000 (EST):

>i have 2 harddrives 
>1.2G
>and
>540M

How much RAM do you have in the machine? Roughly add twice the amount of RAM
as swapdrive to the 540Mb disk, use DiskDrake for this. Then assign the rest
of the drive (if any) to a new partition (also through DiskDrake), and you
are set to go. Not sure how to disable the existing swap safely...
Paul

>i wan wondering if i could set up the 540M
>as the swap file harddrive.
>because if i install linux on the 1.2G 
>i get about 530M of space to install stuff to. 
>i really need some extra space.
>or is there any other way to utilize the 
>540M HDD to clear some space on the 1.2G?

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