Yeah, but changes through fdisk on a mounted volume don't take effect until reboot, no? (Swap space can certainly be enabled while mounted.) SJR Robert P. J. Day wrote: > official RHL customization guide, "adding swap space", reads >in part, to add a swap partition: > > "The hard drive can not be in use (partitions can not be >mounted, and swap space can not be enabled). The easiest >way to achieve this it [sic] to boot your system in [sic] >rescue mode." > > say what? i've numerous times added a swap partition to >a running system with a combination of fdisk/mkswap/swapon. >has this changed? > >rday >
