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pramod@anaconda.ee.iitm.ernet.in:
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> Hi everyone ,
> I wanted to know wether linux can instead of having a static
> size swap have a dynamic size swap . That is if there is disk space
> available that is there is no valid data , that could be used for swap .

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)

> Pramod .
>
> 00000000 00000000 77777777777777777

Nice ASCII art. Nicely bandwidth-consuming... :(
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