On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 at 23:16 GMT, Simon Tod penned: > In an attempt to redistribute disk space I'm trying to shrink the size > of my swap space. > > Qtparted refuses to do the job as it's in use and the version on my > Knoppix CD doesn't appear to work. The parted boot disk is currently > unavailable from the GNU website, so my only option at the moment > appears to be using parted on the fly. *However* parted warns me that > the partition is in use and modification could cause severe > corruption. Can I ignore this warning? (running version 1.6.6-1 on > sid).
Perhaps you could comment out the swap section of your fstab and reboot, then try it? Assuming that the system doesn't have a cow because it can't find swap (I have no idea if it would), I would think this would work. > > As an aside, parted uses MB while fdisk uses cylinders. How do I > convert between the two? > > Thanks! > >===== ----------------------- Simon Tod [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! > Messenger http://mail.messenger.yahoo.co.uk > > -- monique Unless you need to share ultra-sensitive super-spy stuff with me, please don't email me directly. I will most likely see your post before I read your mail, anyway. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
