Re: Increase Swap from 128 MB to 256 MB

[Sanjay Gupta <sanjay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi !

Got the solution in LDP site:
we can make use mkswap to add extra swap.

Thanx

Sanjay

Neil wrote:

> Sanjay Gupta wrote:
>
> > Hey Guys !
> >
> > Any Idea how to increase swap space in the RHL 6.2.
> >
> > I have SWAP Partition of 127 MB. But now I want to increase by128 MB ie
> > 256 MB.
> > except reloading Linux, is there any way that I can reserv some space
> > from my existing partition say root partion for swap. My root partition
> > has ample space to accomaodate it.
> >
>
> ghane... u asking this question???
> well there is a way of using a file for swap instead of a partition.
> i remember i had to do it for my 386.
> use mkswap to make a file into a swapspace.
> and then, swapon
> Neil
>
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