<html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div>I don't know about GUI Ubuntu tools, but one solution would be:</div><div>*Create a temporary swapfile for the kernel to use with a tool like dd followed my mkswap</div><div>*swapon the temporary file, and swapoff you existing device</div><div>*make any changes to your swap partition, including deleting it and adding back another larger device to take it's place</div><div>*update the /etc/fstab file to reflect the new swap device</div><div>*swapon the new replacement swap device and swapoff the temporary file</div><div>*remove the temporary swap file</div><div><br></div><div>Like the other posters on this thread, I believe your current swap size is more than generous, and if anything, you'd want to shrink it, not grow it.</div><div><br></div><div>-Scott</div><div><br><br>On Jan 18, 2011, at 4:49 AM, "<a href="mailto:wolf@wolfhalton.info">wolf@wolfhalton.info</a>" <<a href="mailto:wolf@wolfhalton.info">wolf@wolfhalton.info</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
My average swap usage is zero(0) in a system with 2GB Ram or more.<br>
I set swap to 200MB<br>
The rule of thumb was set when the average ram was 16 MB. RAM is so available and cheap now that the rule is outdated.<br>
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<b>From</b>: Ron Frazier <<a href="mailto:Ron%20Frazier%20%3catllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com%3e"><a href="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</a></a>><br>
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<b>Subject</b>: [ale] how do I increase Linux swap file size?<br>
<b>Date</b>: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:21:31 -0500<br>
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<pre>Hello all,
My main hard drive on this machine is partitioned as follows:
157 GB NTFS Windows Vista
97 GB EXT4 Linux (Ubuntu 10.04)
8 GB Linux swap
235 GB NTFS Windows Data (Also usable in Ubuntu)
I normally keep my swap file set for 2X system ram. I recently upgraded
the computer to 8 GB of RAM, so I would like to non destructively shrink
the last partition, while keeping it at the end of the disk. Then, I
want to increase the swap file to 16 GB. Anybody know how to do that,
preferably with a graphical utility, under Ubuntu?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sincerely,
Ron
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