Deleting swap space

[cola]

Hi,
I added swap space(64MB) using this

http://fcp.surfsite.org/modules/smartfaq/faq.php?faqid=502

dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536
mkswap /swapfile
swapon /swapfile
/swapfile    swap    swap   defaults 0 0

Now how can I remove this swap space?
I deleted the /swapfile.

cat /proc/swaps

Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
/dev/sda7                               partition	1333352	435268	-1
/swapfile\040(deleted)                  file		65528	0	-2
/tmp/swap_file                          file		1048568	0	-3

free -m

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          1000        442        558          0          4        160
-/+ buffers/cache:        276        723
Swap:         2390        425       1965

[bee]

swapoff /swapfile <---at first!!!!!!!!!!!
rm /swapfile <---to remove the file
edit /etc/fstab <---- remove that swap from there if you've added it

bye!!!!!!!!

[cola]

Originally Posted by bee

swapoff /swapfile <---at first!!!!!!!!!!!
rm /swapfile <---to remove the file
edit /etc/fstab <---- remove that swap from there if you've added it

bye!!!!!!!!

The problem is I already deleted the file /swapfile before swapoff /swapfile.

swapoff /swapfile

swapoff: /swapfile: No such file or directory

What should I do now?

[bee]

Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
/dev/sda7                               partition	1333352	435268	-1
/swapfile\040(deleted)                  file		65528	0	-2
/tmp/swap_file                          file		1048568	0	-3

As there weren't bytes written ...... it won't be a problem... you were lucky!
edit /etc/fstab and remove the swap file from there (if you have added it before)......... and reboot!!

bye!!!!!!

[cola]

Originally Posted by bee

Filename				Type		Size	Used	Priority
/dev/sda7                               partition	1333352	435268	-1
/swapfile\040(deleted)                  file		65528	0	-2
/tmp/swap_file                          file		1048568	0	-3

As there weren't bytes written ...... it won't be a problem... you were lucky!
edit /etc/fstab and remove the swap file from there (if you have added it before)......... and reboot!!

bye!!!!!!

Thanks bee.
Does increasing swap space make the system slower?

[bee]

Originally Posted by cola

Thanks bee.
Does increasing swap space make the system slower?

You're welcome!!!!!!!!

Your question is a bit too hard to understand
I don't know how you define "the system" (is this system, the system? We are in matrix jk). While there are enough available RAM, swap files/partitions aren't much used... so they won't slow down your system.

bye!!!!!!

[cola]

Originally Posted by bee

You're welcome!!!!!!!!

Your question is a bit too hard to understand
I don't know how you define "the system" (is this system, the system? We are in matrix jk). While there are enough available RAM, swap files/partitions aren't much used... so they won't slow down your system.

bye!!!!!!

Will the Fedora 10 be slower?
My ram size:1GB.
And increasing the swap space has no effect on windows.Am I right?

free -m

             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:          1000        983         16          0         12        495
-/+ buffers/cache:        476        524
Swap:         2326          0       2326

df -h

Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda6              22G   12G  8.9G  57% /
tmpfs                 501M   76K  501M   1% /dev/shm
/dev/sda5              28G   12G   16G  44% /media/disk
/dev/sda1              25G  8.3G   17G  34% /media/disk-1

Is there any relation between tmpfs and swaps ?
Where did it get 501M from?
What do the swap and tmpfs do?
And what does the /tmp directory do?

[bee]

Originally Posted by cola

Will the Fedora 10 be slower?
My ram size:1GB.
And increasing the swap space has no effect on windows.Am I right?

Fedora won't be slower if you have a big or small swap space. The execution speed is based on your CPU(s) and it won't change if you boot into Windows or Linux...nor if you have plenty of swap space.
The swap is useful so applications can allocate memory even if your RAM is full. The swap partitions aren't ways to improve the speed of your PC They are useful to let your computer work even on high loads because of high memory requirements.
However, adding to your computer some real RAM, will increase the speed of your PC... if the bottleneck you have is related to a low (ram)memory and high swap-usage.

Originally Posted by cola

Is there any relation between tmpfs and swaps ?
Where did it get 501M from?
What do the swap and tmpfs do?
And what does the /tmp directory do?

I'm not even sure, but i think tmpfs is a virtual file to store temporary (tmp) files! so "501M" are just 500 mb of your memory...
The "swap file" is a way to extend your RAM. So, if some software is asking for some memory, the OS (linux) will allocate it into the swap (or into the RAM and move something else into the swap) in order to give some memory to all applications, in place of returning a NULL pointer and some software without memory
The /tmp directory, is just a directory. Nothing more and nothing else. Usually software need to save some big pieces of information and buffers, without requiring any high speed performance to reload them... so programmers just save those stuffs on normal-files... located into that directory (/tmp)

bye!!!!!!

[cola]

Thanks bee.
Yea,The bee labours for others.

[bee]

Originally Posted by cola

Thanks bee.
Yea,The bee labours for others.

Good!!! you're welcome!!!

happy flying!!!!
bye!!!!!!!