Tim, Thanks. This should do the trick. One additional question: I have a partition called CP/M / CTOS. ºWhat is that for? Can I change it to a swap partition? It's about 3 GB. Thanks, John On Tue, 5 Oct 2004, Tim Chase wrote: > Mr. Boyer, > > (I CC'd you in, as I've had trouble getting my account to > successfully post to the blinux list and this may not go > through...if it doesn't show up there, and you think it would be > helpful, you're welcome to repost it to the list) > > There's a good tutorial on swap partitions and swap files found > on RedHat's site at: > > http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/custom-guide/s1-swap-adding.html > > It's supposedly for RH 8.0 which is a bit old, but the same > method should work in other distros as well. It's got two > sections...one entitled "To add a swap partition", and a second > entitled "To add a swap file". > > A swap partition is always the better (read "faster") option if > you have the opportunity, as it doesn't require going through a > file-system. However, if you just want to create one on the fly, > make use of it for some intensive task, and then remove it, using > a simple swap file is easy way to go. Partitions, on the other > hand, require you to plan ahead sufficiently to have such a > partition available (or risk monkeying with > partition-editing/resizing tools). > > And just to cover my own tail, beware of editing/resizing > partition tables...you can hose your whole box with very little > effort (grins). Take care and hope it gets you put on the right > path to swapping nirvana. > > -tim > > > > > > -- John J. Boyer; Executive Director, Chief Software Developer Computers to Help People, Inc. http://www.chpi.org 825 East Johnson; Madison, WI 53703 _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list