2.3. Removing Swap Space

To remove a swap partition:

1. Chapter 9 Basic System Recovery for instructions on booting into rescue mode. When prompted to mount the file system, select Skip.

   swapoff command.

2. At a shell prompt as root, execute the following command to make sure the swap partition is disabled (where /dev/hdb2 is the swap partition):

   swapoff /dev/hdb2

3. Remove its entry from /etc/fstab.

4. Remove the partition using parted or fdisk. Only parted will be discussed. To remove the partition with parted:

   • At a shell prompt as root, type the command parted /dev/hdb, where /dev/hdb is the device name for the hard drive with the swap space to be removed.

   • At the (parted) prompt, type print

   • At the (parted) prompt, type rm MINOR, where MINOR is the minor number of the partition you want to remove.

     	Warning
     	Changes take effect immediately; you must type the correct minor number.

   • Type quit to exit parted.

To remove a swap file:

1. At a shell prompt as root, execute the following command to disable the swap file (where /swapfile is the swap file):

   swapoff /swapfile

2. Remove its entry from /etc/fstab.

3. Remove the actual file:

   rm /swapfile