I dont know if you can resize the linux partitions without reinstalling the linux again. I dont think there are any partition resizers for linux as such. Arvind
On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 23:35, Raj Mathur wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > >>>>> "LL" == linuxlingam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > LL> thanks guys for your inputs. just went and kicked and some > LL> tyres on the pc, and started by switching off services not > LL> needed, checked the swap was *equal* to the ram, felt shaky > LL> about messing with swap size with someone else's installed and > LL> running pc, and discovered its speed was better. > > LL> incidentally, in case swap must be doubled, what's the best > LL> way of doing it, without reinstalling linux or other OSes on > LL> the hard disk? > > ``swap double of RAM'' is a rather dated concept now. You look at the > sort of apps you'll be running, the sort of response times you want > and the existing RAM and then decide swap. If you're going to be > running large, interactive apps (graphical browsers, bloated e-mail > clients, OO, rendering software, etc) just add RAM: extra swap will > only slow down applications to the point of unusability. OTOH if this > is a server then lots of swap will probably help, since you want the > box to keep functioning even in a RAM crisis situation. > > BTW, my desktop: > > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 515708 494108 21600 0 64648 161392 > - -/+ buffers/cache: 268068 247640 > Swap: 265032 168660 96372 > > ...and it runs just fine with swap == 1/2 RAM. > > Regards, > > - -- Raj > - -- > Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ > GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F > It is the mind that moves > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Processed by Mailcrypt 3.5.6 and Gnu Privacy Guard <http://www.gnupg.org/> > > iD8DBQE/nq+lyWjQ78xo0X8RAjP/AKCAux2RtN5eU4P5CL5KdnQWlWINAgCfSevS > 2SzmkF2A56vgNPr6YecrnV8= > =UIZ2 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
