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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 RAM is so available and cheap now that the rule is outdated.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">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<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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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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