<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>It is possible to resize a partition with a system up but only if you can unmount that partition. Not if it is your primary partition.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>From the command line you can use parted, or from a graphical environment gparted or qtparted.</span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span>Based on the answer from your provider. Why do you need to add the swap space and why they don't like it?<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Raul Suarez<br><br></div><div>Technology consultant<br>Software, Hardware and Practices<br>_________________<br>Twitter: rarsamx<br>http://rarsa.blogspot.com/ <br>An eclectic collection of random thoughts<br><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times,
serif; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2" face="Arial"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Colin K <colin@void11.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> KWLug Discussion <kwlug-disc@kwlug.org><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:42:16 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kwlug-disc] Add swap space while a centos server is live.<br></font><br><div id="yiv185601265">Is it at all possible to resize a partition in centos and add a swap and enable it while a server is online.<div>if so what would commands of such an action look like?</div>
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