From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 23 11:43: 7 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from anime.net (anime.net [63.172.78.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C75137B71B for ; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:43:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from eugene@anime.net) Received: (from eugene@localhost) by anime.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA28242 for freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG; Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:43:19 -0800 Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2001 11:43:19 -0800 From: Eugene Lee To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: resizing a swap partition Message-ID: <20010323114319.B26768@anime.net> Mail-Followup-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Does FreeBSD support any tools that can dynamically repartition a drive while preserving the data in those partitions (assuming there's enough free space in the new partition layout)? I have a FreeBSD 4.2 machine with one drive and I'd like to add more swap space (I'm getting lots of messages saying "/kernel: swap_pager_getswapspace: failed" and lots of processes saying "was killed: out of swap space"). I couldn't find any entries in the FAQ or the Handbook to address this. I found a post in the list archives to create another swap file, but it also warned that it isn't as efficient as a "native swap partition". Also, even if I created more swap files, is there a way to instruct the swapper to first use the swap partition, then use the swap file? Any pointers are appreciated, thanks! -- Eugene Lee eugene@anime.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message