[ale] reclaiming swap space in ubuntu VM

[Narahari 'n' Savitha]

How do I find out if the folder is on a Logical Volume ?

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 4:02 PM, David Tomaschik
<david at systemoverlord.com>wrote:

> 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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