Re: Adding a new HD and useing it as swap
On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 09:01:01PM -0800, Calyth wrote:
> Hi all,
> I just got a new SCSI HD, it's 1GB and I would like to use part of it to
> replace my current swap drive.
> The only problem is that after partitioning, where should I configure so
> linux would see my new swap as default and forget about the old swap?
/etc/fstab - your swap partitions will be added in that order on bootup.
> also since it's scsi, and I have id 4,5 taken, should it put it to 6 so
> it won't mess around the numbers, and if so what device name will it
Yes. Or alternatively, re-id your drives to 0 and 1 and add the new one as 3.
This'll give you room to move in the future.
> take?
Assuming 4 and 5 are harddrives, it'll be adc (they'd be sda and sdb). If
not then it'll simply go up a letter in the alphabet from what you have now.
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