Need to move parition

[Kevin O'Gorman]

On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 06:44:03PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> Brett I. Holcomb wrote:
> > Right now I really don't care about elegance - I just need to get the stuff 
> > off that disk and replace it <G>.   A symlink it is then.
> 
> yea, it will get the job done.
> 
> > Next problem is how to move the swap partition.  I assume I can run without 
> > a swap for a period of time while I install a new disk and parition it.  If 
> > so how do I disable it?
> 
> Technically, you could run without swap permanently, but the performance 
> would blow chunks if tried to use anything that was memory intensive. 
> Anyway, the command 'swapoff' is prolly what you're seeking, if you 
> don't wish to reboot.  Otherwise, just remove it from fstab.

Hmmm.  I may be mixing my operating systems, but I thought there was a
way to use a file for swapping.  No?

++ kevin


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