[ILUG-BOM] adding swap to existing install

[Pushparajan V]

On 8/18/06, rohit bhute <rvbhute at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am going to install Oracle XE on Ubuntu, for which I require
> 1 GB of swap. I already have 512 MB of swap space. I intend to
> add a 1GB swap partition. Can I do it to an xisting install? Say,
> by creating the partition and adding the corresponding entry to
> fstab?



Sure you can do it. Extend your 512 MB partition to 1GB using GParted. and
add the /dev/<devicename> in fstab and use it.

FYI: you can also make ur 512 MB parition to act as swap for temporary
purpose using command.

swapon /dev/<device-name>

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