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Re: Re: Hard Discs and Virtual Memory ...




On Sat, 27 Apr 2002 19:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Paul 'Baloo' Johnson <baloo@ursine.dyndns.org> wrote:

Please turn your word wrap on.

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I will word wrap manually by pressing <Enter>.  I
apologize for any problems Earthlink's Webmail may
have cuased everyone.

->Scwawcaac<-
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On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Soul Computer wrote:

> I remember that Linux can use a partition for virtual memory.  Well
> ... I want to upgrade my computer by adding an 80GB HDD and making it
> the boot disc.  The second (original HDD will then be delegated to
> some other use.  It is 1.2GB.  I was wondering if Linux could co-opt
> this second HDD en lieu of the Virtual Memory Partition, and, if so,
> how would I tell it to do so?

Partition the 1.2 as a Linux swap partition, edit /etc/fstab to point to
there for a swap.

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What do I look for in /etc/fstab to poin to the
old HDD, and will it use it?  Someone indicated
there was a limit to the size of the swap
partition ...

->Scwawcaac<-
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Anybody know an easy way to losslessly repartition ext3 to fill the void
after removing an old swap partition?

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Wasn't there a safe partitioning tool that would
permit you to change the kind of partition it was
without touching the other partitions?

I seem to remember seeing one ...

->Scwawcaac<-
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