On Mon, May 07, 2007 at 09:11:36AM -0700, Francesco Pietra wrote: > Len, Patrick: > Thanks. Actually, I didn't see the original by Len. > > Well, security comes first. Also, the idea of setting > in a cheap HD was a faulty idea anyway because I am at > WD Raptor just because cheap HDs didn't work on long > runs. > > The mentioned Tyan mother board has 4 SATA ports, two, > I suppose, already occupied by raid1. Following the > suggestion by Len, is that possible to install another > raid1 (just for additional disk space, say swap) while > preserving the current Debian amd64 etch on present > raid1 (Linux driven)? This machine is ssh with Debian > i386 as graphical interface on another machine so that > reinstalling everything on new HDs would not be > attractive. Also, I am pressed to fish some > computations. >
It is possible, swap is dynamic under linux. swapon/swapoff are the tools you are looking for. man swapon Patrick. -- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]