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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.igcom.net!terra.igcom.net!david From: david@terra.igcom.net (David Bauman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: More Swap Space ... Any magic tricks ? Date: 3 Sep 1995 21:45:39 GMT Organization: InterGlobal Communications Lines: 43 Message-ID: <42d7m3$bsv@moon.igcom.net> References: <42534q$51r@dei.calldei.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: terra.igcom.net X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] David A. Lee (dave@dei.calldei.com) wrote: : I was amazed when I discovered that I have only 17M of swap space left. : I allocated 100M of swap space, and I'm hardly running anything, : I thought that would be plenty, but I'm wrong. I need to : extend or add a swap partition. : With other Unix systems I've administrated, you have only 2 choices : 1) Backup everything, recreate the partitions, restore everything. : or : 2) Add another disk and do swapon : Is the same choice for BSDI ? I havent found any magic tricks : like on AIX where you can change the length of a filesystem : without backup/restore. I think I need to run disksetup : to do #1 (or #2) is there any other tools to run ? : If I backup /usr and run disksetup, reboot then mount /usr and : restore all should be well , right ? : If anyone has any suggestions that avoid the backup/restore, : or confirm that is required, please let me know! : Thanks : -David Lee : dave@calldei.com : DEI I would think on ANY operating system when expanding a file system a complete backup is required since the bigger filesytem will overwrite an old one. Also, what is the command to see how much swap space is available? -- InterGlobal Communications =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Bauman <david@igcom.net> == <Shell, SLIP, PPP, UUCP, Leased Lines> voice: 708.298.9933 == <WWW design, programming, implementation> fax: 708.298.1473 == <3 Dial-up locations around Chicagoland> modem: 708.298.1120 == <Competitive pricing, great customer service> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 8616 W. Golf Road Suite 301 Niles, IL 60714