swap on linux

[Anand A Rao]

thanks a lot .. I did  that !!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Keyes" <bob at sinister.com>
To: "Anand A Rao" <andy at honnu.com>
Cc: <discuss at blu.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 4:09 PM
Subject: Re: swap on linux


> You use what's called a swap file. You use dd to create a file of the
> appropriate size, and then turn it on with the swapon command.
>
> On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Anand A Rao wrote:
>
> > hi  ,
> > how do I increase swap space on a  linux system without creating another
> > partition .. ?
> >  cheers
> > Andy
>
>