I think you can create a file as a swap file and mount it as swap, there by increasing the swap. This helps you in increasing the swap without resizing the disks or reinstalling linux. I dont remember the commands as of now, but I think this is a good way of adding additional swap.
Balu ----- Original Message ----- From: "LinuxLingam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Linux-Delhi mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [ilugd] ram for speed > On Tue, 2003-10-28 at 18:11, arvind sinha wrote: > > A 700 MZh Pc is fast enough to run linux!! > > It is a decent speed. > > You now have 192MB ram and thus the swap partition should now be set to > > around 384MB rather than just 200MB. It should work faster. Have hope, the > > horse is not dead as yet- fit enough for a few more races:-) > > Arvind > > btw, the friend had given me incorrect info. its really an old amd > duron, at 440-odd mhz. but it gives decent speed all right. am quite > impressed with how linux can make old pcs get new life. > > LL > > > _______________________________________________ > ilugd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > _______________________________________________ ilugd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
