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 > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.