[ale] reclaiming swap space in ubuntu VM

[David Tomaschik]

If the /home/devusr folder is on a Logical Volume, you could add an
additional physical volume (PV) and span the two, then extend the ext4
fs on /home/devuser.

David


On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Narahari 'n' Savitha
<savithari at gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends:
>
> I have a swap space of 8G and I want to reclaim 6GB of it.  I think I might
> be able to do it.  Once I reclaim it, I intend to format the space to ext4.
>
> How can I think make it a part of the /home/devusr folder so the system wont
> complain for lack of space, aka if I install an app in the /home/devusr
> folder the system should say there is ample space and complain.
>
> -Narahari
>
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