any swap utilities I can use on fc5

[Mark Haney]

Paula J. Lindsay wrote:
>    I installed a fc5 machine yesterday and now the doctor says he needs
>    16gigs of swap space.  Is there a utility that I can use
>    to add swap space without repartitioning and reinstalling the whole os?
>    I tried the mkswap, but was not successful.
>    Many thanks in advance.
>    Paula
> 

16 GIGS?!!  Of swap space?  What the devil for?  You can add more swap
using mkswap and swapon <device name>.  That should do it.  Although
I've never needed more than a half GB for a workstation and even then,
I've never touched 90% of that.



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