General :: How To Safely Expand Swap
Feb 18, 2010How to safely expand swap?
View 1 RepliesHow to safely expand swap?
View 1 RepliesRAM of the machine is 4M. I never see the swap partition has been used via system monitor. So can I safely delete the swap partition?
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The initial 8 GB I gave to Ubuntu is too small and I would like to move the file to my D-Drive and expand it to 40 GB.
I would hate to have to begin again from scratch. Is this possible? If so, how?
After installing numerous stuff on my Slackware system, I notice I am running out of hard-drive space. I see that /tmp/SBo has about 1G of staff that I recently installed --- may I safely delete this staff?
View 14 Replies View RelatedLet's assume I have a volume group (VG) with six physical volumens (PV) - sdb1, sdb2, sdb3, sdc1, sdc2, sdc3..I want to remove one of the PVs from the group in order to use its space elsewhere - how can I know if it's safe? How can I do that without losing data and without first "pvmove"ing it elsewhere?Reading a bit more, my guess is using the result of pvscan, but I thought I'd ask before removing keeping it safe as I'm not an LVM expert.
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View 1 Replies View RelatedWhen i boot my PC, i get this in my Fedora 16 distro. I have tried as following but none allowing me to boot anymore.
Grub loading.Welcome to GRUB!
error: file not found. Entering rescue mode...
grub rescue>
grub rescue> ls
(hd0) (hd0,gpt3) (hd0,gpt2) (hd0,gpt1)
grub rescue> ls (hd0,gpt2)/
./ ../ lost+found/ memtest86+-4.20 grub2/ System.map-3.1.0-0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686 config 3.1.0.0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686 grub/ vmlinuz-3.1.0.0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686 elf-memtest86+-4.20 initramfs-3.1.0.0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686.img initramfs-3.1.0.0.rc4.git0.0.fc16.i686.img System.mpa-3.1.0.0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686 config-3.1.0.0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686 vmlinuz-3.1.0.0.rc3.git0.0.fc16.i686
Does one need to Check the Swap filesystem, from time to time
View 4 Replies View RelatedLucid on an Acer Travelmate800.Can anyone tell me why I have 0k for swap space? I allocated swap which I can see in my Disk Utility's 'volumes' display.
View 5 Replies View RelatedThe bad news comes that active support for Mint6 is set to end Apr. 30. The worse news is I don't know what to do about it. Complicating this is that I have about 5 drive partitions and duplicate Mint6 operating systems because of password problems and just partitioning the drive and rebooting the OS instead of trying to fix the issue. I hear good things about Mint8, but my 80 Gig drive is getting pretty thin on partitions. I know there must be a way to safely remove the partitions and duplicate operating systems. I just don't know how to do it.
View 6 Replies View RelatedRAM for older machines like I use is fairly cheap these days. But flash memory is just as cheap or cheaper. So I'd like to ask about the feasibility of expanding my system's memory using flash memory. And about whether creating a partition for swap on the flash memory, or whether a swap file on the flash device, is the better way to go.
By flash memory I have in mind mainly USB sticks or what are sometimes called "pen drives." But I do also have CF and SD cards that, with the proper cheap adapter (one of which I already own for adapting CF) could be used to create extra swap space. So, what is the current consensus on the feasibility/advisability of using flash memory for swap? I've read about the limited write cycles of flash being an argument against using it for swap. But recent reading indicates to me that the limited write cycles problem applies mostly to older, smaller-capacity flash memory. Some will come out and say that, for larger-capacity flash memory, the life of the device is likely to exceed the amount of time your current computer will be useful (I think I've seen estimates in the range of 3-4 years life--minimum--for newer, higher-capacity flash memory).
A more persuasive argument I've heard against using flash memory for swap is that access times for these devices can be much slower than SATA, and maybe even IDE, hard drives. That would certainly dictate against using flash memory for swap.
So, how about some input on this issue? Anyone using flash memory for swap? If so, what kind (e.g., usb stick or SD/CF)? Are you using a swap file or a swap partition? How's system performance? Likewise, has anyone had flash-memory-used-as-swap die on them? The consequences would undoubtedly be dire. Also, has anyone measured flash memory access times to confirm or refute claims about slow access times? Are some types of flash memory better/worse than others in terms of access times?
Is it possible to use a pen drive to expand the amount of ram you have? In Lucid 10.04 LTS.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI want resize my partitions, i need more space for ubuntu, i already have 58gbs of free space, but i dont know how i can expand my partitions, i have tried "GParted Partition Tool", but it won't allow me to do it. The only other thing i can think of is re-installing ubuntu, and if i have to reinstall it how can i retain my settings and programs that i have installed?
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View 7 Replies View RelatedI've got a 500gb hard drive.
-sda1 is 400gb (ubuntu 9.10/32bit/ext3)
-sda2 is 50gb (ubuntu 10.04/64bit/ext4)
I would like to expand my lucid partition now and eventually get rid of my 9.10 partition. I've got an 80GB virtualbox file sitting on sda1 that I need and want to expand sda2 now so I can first copy the VB file over, then expand sda2 completely. I just finished creating sda3 ext4, but cant figure out how to merge it with sda2 (well really sda6). Please see image. [URL]
I need to expand my ntfs and have ample GB, all taken up presently so if I create some unallocated GB's under ntfs how do I expand the ntfs partition. I have gparted live CD.
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View 6 Replies View RelatedI have decided that Windows 7 is something that belongs MAYBE in a virtual machine and that I have no use for it. Therefore, I want to recover the 130 gigs it takes on my hard drive and add that to my Ubuntu partition.
Here is the output of fdisk -lu:
Code:
I need to expand a 15GB xen disk ".img" to 50GB, it's got centos as the guest O/S.
I've been googling and there are alot of results but I'm still having trouble.
I don't remember if I used the default LVM partition scheme or if I did a FS. In fdisk it says linux partition but that's it.
I did the dd and cat method but fsck is complaining like usual.
I dd a file called tempfile and the append it using cat tempfile >> my.img then did resize2fs -f but it error out with "Bad Magic number on super block."
i have a small home server that i would like to add some disks to it. ideally 4 sata2 disks.
i have been reading about SAS controller that can be installed on PCI-E connection on the motherboards.
but i am not sure how these actually work.
how i can use these? i have tried searching for it. but i get loads of selling material which does not really clarify much.
how these SAS connect to sata2 disks - do i need some adapter?
I have a linux box that I'm using as a ADSL router (slack 12.1).Until recently I had two hard drives in it, one for linux, and one for storing movies, music, etc.So, I have just bought another 1,5 TB disk. My plan was to add it to the same mount location: /opt/abram to expand my storage disk, only to come to conclusion that this can't be done. OK, it actually makes sense, if I thought about it I would realise it before. Anyway, what else can I do? Is there a way to add new drive to existing one in a way that would result in one 2,5 TB drive?
I tried it with mdadm, but as it turns out, it's impossible to crate RAID 0 without loosing all the data on sda1 disc.Also, it would be very cool if I could find a solution that would enable me to one day add a new drive to further expend my storage.I'm aware that I could mount my new disk to, let's say /opt/abram/Divx, or /opt/abram/mp3, but that's not the solution I'm looking for.
Ubuntu-10.04-x86_64
3.95 GB RAM
50 GB HARDDRIVE
mysql-server-client
Java version(s): 6.0, 6u10+
I would like to know how to get my java program to use more ram for my clients so they do not encounter lag. This is what I have written up and it works error free, I would like to get it to 3GB ram usage. but when I exchange the number 1 for anything it just errors out on me.
Code:
#!/bin/bash
cd "${0%/*}"; java -Xincgc -Xmx1G -jar craft.jar
I have expanded a HP array by 500GB but am struggling to get Centos (Xenserver installation) to see it.
From the array controller the size of the disk is 1.4TB
Logical Drive: 2
Size: 1.4 TB
Fault Tolerance: RAID 5
Heads: 255
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how I get LVM to see the whole disk that is now available (without destoying daya).
Trying to refresh my diseased memory & tell me how to expand/enlarge trash folder?
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View 2 Replies View RelatedWhen I use disk utility to expand my RAID array it creates a partition on my 1.5TB drive which it would like to add to the RAID 5.
However, none of the drive existing on the RAID are partitioned so what I think has happened is the partition itself has created a difference of about 2 million bytes smaller than the others and thus unable to add the component.
How can I specify the exact bytes for my hard drive partition so that I can add this to the array?