Guest Jagadish Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 Can the swap turned off when it is in use. Filename Type Size Used Priority /dev/sdb1 partition 2048248 103008 -7 /dev/sdb2 partition 2048276 368836 1 /dev/sdb3 partition 2048276 369016 1 /dev/sda2 partition 2096472 0 -10 /dev/sda3 partition 2096472 0 -11 /dev/sda7 partition 2096440 0 -12 Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted July 3, 2009 Report Share Posted July 3, 2009 You can turn swap off just by doing: swapoff /dev/sdxx command, where sdxx is the partiton. For example: root@esprit:/home/ian# fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Disk identifier: 0x02300e71 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 1 124 995998+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 125 2614 20000925 83 Linux /dev/sda3 2615 19457 135291397+ 83 Linux shows /dev/sda1 as my swap, and so to turn it off: swapoff /dev/sda1 would do the trick. When you reboot, it will be enabled again, but you can simply rectify that by editing /etc/fstab and commenting out the swap line, or remove it if you don't want it. Oh, and if you want to enable it again without rebooting: swapon /dev/sdxx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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