I'm using Fedora 14, and I have it installed on a USB. (Not live, a full install) and
I wish to remove all the swap space so the USB will last longer. Cause USB's die if they're written to a lot. So how can I do this? Any commands I should use?

If you are booted on the USB:

- run 'swapoff -a' to stop using the swap space.
- remove the swap space from /etc/fstab
- delete or reallocate the swap partition on the drive.

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Okay, I apologize for being such a noob but how exactly can I do those last two steps? And will this remove for good, or will I have to keep doing that every time I reboot?

The first step is temporary until the next reboot. The second step makes the change permanent. The third change make it non-reversible (you'll have to set up swap from scratch).

To edit the /etc/fstab, become root (using the sudo or su command, whichever your distribution prefers), and use your favorite text editor to edit the file '/etc/fstab'. In that file you will see a line with 'swap'. You can delete that line, or insert a '#' character at the beginning to make it a comment. Save the file.

To delete and/or re-allocate a partition, you need to use a tool (again, as root) like fdisk, parted, or gparted. If you are not familiar with them, do a lot of research first. You can easily destroy your system with incorrect use.

Removable and External hard drives are cheap these days . . . Faster than USB-sticks.

To delete the swap partition and expand another to use the space released, you need to have the other partition unmounted. The easiest thing to do would be to run gparted from the live Fedora CD.

While you're editing /etc/fstab, change the options for the partitions from "defaults" to "defaults,noatime,nodiratime" and that will result in fewer accesses of the USB stick.

I guess it can't hurt to turn off swap if you have a newish system with enough ram. I never use in on a live usb but I install it without the swap file when I used the installer.

I am kind of curious though. Did you use something like unetbootin or liveusbcreator to make this gizmo?

I used Unetbootin to make the Live USB of Fedora, and I used that USB to install on another USB. But I got it now guys, thank you.