Re: Static Swap

Peter Svensson (petersv@psv.nu)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 13:32:39 +0200 (CEST)


On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Steffen Grunewald wrote:

> There's the possibility to use swap files instead of swap partitions.
> It has been there for ages now.
> THe only problem is that you cannot free up swap space without
> re-booting (correct me if I'm wrong)

swapoff(8) works nicely. :-)

Peter

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