Need to move parition

[Net Llama!]

Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
> 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?

You're correct, you can have a swap file in linux.  But its not worth it 
if this is just for a few minutes while he shuffles some data about.



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