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rpagnin 10-27-2006 04:42 AM
Join two swap partitions
 
Is it possible? I've a Suse 9.0 with two swap partitions, the second originated from the need to have more swap space, now I've 1Gb but Oracle Forms&Reports wants more.
I've tried to resize the swap partition with GpartEd but it wasn't allowed so I created a new one hoping to join it to the old one.
How can I do ?
Thanks

Rob

J_K9 10-27-2006 05:02 AM
Are the swap partitions next to each other in the partition table? If they are, delete the two and create a new swap partition taking up the full space.

rpagnin 10-27-2006 05:10 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by J_K9
Are the swap partitions next to each other in the partition table? If they are, delete the two and create a new swap partition taking up the full space.
Thx, but unfortunately they aren't.
Any other advice ?
R.

michaelk 10-27-2006 07:05 AM
linux can use multiple swap partitions so no need to attempt to resize. Just add another swap entry to your /etc/fstab using the new partition. Be sure to format it first.

mkswap /dev/hdx (Use its real partition ID)

to activate now.
swapon /dev/hdx

The top or free command should show total swap space as the sum of both partitions.


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