Can you resize the Linux swap partition after installing Linux mint... how?

Answer 1

yes you can

Check the current settingscat /etc/fstab

LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1

LABEL=/u00 /u00 ext3 defaults 1 2

LABEL=/u01 /u01 ext3 defaults 1 2

tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0

sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0

LABEL=SWAP-sdb1 swap swap defaults 0 0

Switch off the swap deviceswapoff -a

Recreate the swap partition with friskfdisk /dev/sdb

Command (m for help): m

Command action

a toggle a bootable flag

b edit bsd disklabel

c toggle the dos compatibility flag

d delete a partition

l list known partition types

m print this menu

n add a new partition

o create a new empty DOS partition table

p print the partition table

q quit without saving changes

s create a new empty Sun disklabel

t change a partition's system id

u change display/entry units

v verify the partition table

w write table to disk and exit

x extra functionality (experts only)

Delete the old swap partitionCommand (m for help): d

Selected partition 1

Command (m for help): d

No partition is defined yet!

Select the partition typeCommand (m for help): t

Selected partition 1

Hex code (type L to list codes): l

0 Empty 1e Hidden W95 FAT1 80 Old Minix bf Solaris

1 FAT12 24 NEC DOS 81 Minix / old Lin c1 DRDOS/sec (FAT-

2 XENIX root 39 Plan 9 82 Linux swap / So c4 DRDOS/sec (FAT-

3 XENIX usr 3c PartitionMagic 83 Linux c6 DRDOS/sec (FAT-

4 FAT16 <32M 40 Venix 80286 84 OS/2 hidden C: c7 Syrinx

5 Extended 41 PPC PReP Boot 85 Linux extended da Non-FS data

6 FAT16 42 SFS 86 NTFS volume set db CP/M / CTOS / .

7 HPFS/NTFS 4d QNX4.x 87 NTFS volume set de Dell Utility

8 AIX 4e QNX4.x 2nd part 88 Linux plaintext df BootIt

9 AIX bootable 4f QNX4.x 3rd part 8e Linux LVM e1 DOS access

a OS/2 Boot Manag 50 OnTrack DM 93 Amoeba E3 DOS R/O

b W95 FAT32 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux 94 Amoeba BBT e4 SpeedStor

c W95 FAT32 (LBA) 52 CP/M 9f BSD/OS eb BeOS fs

e W95 FAT16 (LBA) 53 OnTrack DM6 Aux a0 IBM Thinkpad hi ee EFI GPT

f W95 Ext'd (LBA) 54 OnTrackDM6 a5 FreeBSD ef EFI (FAT-12/16/

10 OPUS 55 EZ-Drive a6 OpenBSD f0 Linux/PA-RISC b

11 Hidden FAT12 56 Golden Bow a7 NeXTSTEP f1 SpeedStor

12 Compaq diagnost 5c Priam Edisk a8 Darwin UFS f4 SpeedStor

14 Hidden FAT16 3 61 SpeedStor a9 NetBSD f2 DOS secondary

16 Hidden FAT16 63 GNU HURD or Sys ab Darwin boot fb VMware VMFS

17 Hidden HPFS/NTF 64 Novell Netware b7 BSDI fs fc VMware VMKCORE

18 AST SmartSleep 65 Novell Netware b8 BSDI swap fd Linux raid auto

1b Hidden W95 FAT3 70 DiskSecure Mult bb Boot Wizard hid fe LANstep

1c Hidden W95 FAT3 75 PC/IX be Solaris boot ff BBT

Hex code (type L to list codes): 82

Changed system type of partition 1 to 82 (Linux swap / Solaris)

Create a new partition. I'll use the full size of the disk /dev/sdbCommand (m for help): n

Command action

e extended

p primary partition (1-4)

p

Partition number (1-4): 1

First cylinder (1-522, default 1):

Using default value 1

Last cylinder or +size or +sizeM or +sizeK (1-522, default 522):

Using default value 522

Write the changes to disk and exitCommand (m for help): w

The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

Syncing disks.

Now it's time to create a new swap filesystem with mkswap. Because I use labels in fstab, I create the new filesystem again with a label.mkswap /dev/sdb1 -L SWAP-sdb1

Enable the swap device againswapon -a

Display the new swap infoswapon -s

Filename Type Size Used Priority

/dev/sdb1 partition 4192924 34324 -1