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Re: extend swap in Red Hat Version 4

 
MikeL_4
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extend swap in Red Hat Version 4

I need to add a second swap volume on Red Hat server...

Can you tell me steps to add it using LVM space to create the swap in ....

Thanks
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Nuwan Alwis
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Re: extend swap in Red Hat Version 4

Hi Mike,
Hope this will provide enough info
http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=1331079

Please let me know if u need more than this.

Good Luck..!
Steven E. Protter
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Re: extend swap in Red Hat Version 4

Shalom,

There are some who believe swap should not be done in LVM. Just so you know. I am not one of them.

lvcreate -L

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-1133

swapon is the key command, don't use newfs like it is a new file system.

SEP
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