I've never done this, but should be something as:

1.) Run fdisk, be careful to modify only your swap.
2.) Remove swap.
3.) Recreate swap the size you want.
4.) Use the remaining space for a new partition.
5.) Move there the data you want.

-Manuel.

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: eric clover [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Enviado el: Miércoles, 26 de Abril de 2000 02:47 p.m.
> Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Asunto: swap
>
>
> hello
> first , thank you to all that have helped me on my other questions.
> next ,
> my boss set up a mail server , with 256m ram , and a (I don't
> know why he
> did this) 1g (yes , I said 1 gig) swap!
> we are lucky if the server uses like over 500k of the swap at
> any given time
> , though I have seen it use, at the most, up to 17megs of the swap.
> is there any easy way I can free up that unused swap , and
> maybe have a
> smaller one , or like 2 128m swaps, without going through a lot of
> hassle?
> thank you again.
> ps.. glad to see that the list is back up and running smooth again
> Eric
>
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