Re: To little swapspace...

From: Jerry McAllister (jerrymc_at_clunix.cl.msu.edu)
Date: 11/01/05

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    To: mback99@telia.com (Mikael Backman)
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 11:05:23 -0500 (EST)

    >
    > Hi!
    > Is there a way to reduce yhe /usr slice and use that space as expanded
    > swap space?
    > Without reinstalling?

    Well, no if you mean exactly what you ask.
    If you modify the size of the /usr partition (partition, not slice although
    I suppose you could also have made a separate dedicated slice for /usr and
    just put the one partition in it), you will need to reinstall.

    But, if you have extra space somewhere, you can create a swapfile there
    and have it added to your total swap space. see man swapfile -- which
    gets you the vnconfig(8) man page because that is how you do it.

    ////jerry

    > /Mikael
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