[ale] how do I increase Linux swap file size?

[Collin Pruitt]

It would be easiest to do this under a LiveCD environment. If you're after a graphical tool, use gparted.

On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:21:31 -0500
Ron Frazier <atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com> wrote:

> 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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