Delete Swap Partition

[johnnyboy5000]

I didn't realize that 12 GB out my 64 GB SSD was taken for a swap drive when I installed Linux Lite.  Does anyone know how I can delete that?  My PC has 12 GB ram which is a lot for Linux Lite so I would probably never need the swap drive anyway.  Thanks for any help.

[JohnD]

I didn't realize that 12 GB out my 64 GB SSD was taken for a swap drive when I installed Linux Lite.  Does anyone know how I can delete that?  My PC has 12 GB ram which is a lot for Linux Lite so I would probably never need the swap drive anyway.  Thanks for any help.

As far as I know this way:

1. Identify the file names of the swap partitions. To do so, list swap partitions with the command "[tt]swapon -s[/tt]".
   
2. Deactivate swap with the command "[tt]swapoff[/tt]". For example: "[tt]swapoff /dev/sda7[/tt]", if sda7 is your swap partition.
   
3. Eliminate lines from the file "[tt]fstab[/tt]" in the directory "[tt]/etc[/tt]", which would mount the swap partitions after any start of Linux.
   
4. Delete the swap partitions. (You can do this from GUI with GParted or from command line with cfdisk. Be careful, but it's not complicated.)
   

In my own "[tt]fstab[/tt]" for example are two lines for mounting the swap partitions:

Code:

# swap was on /dev/sda11 during installation
UUID=52a1d79c-d752-4904-b608-c2b66129a913 none            swap    sw              0       0
# swap was on /dev/sda7 during installation
UUID=a6ececfd-2af5-4877-abc4-52e90b7254ea none            swap    sw              0       0

If I would delete those two lines, both preceded with a comment, Linux would not try to mount those swap partitions at start.


More information on commands to delete a partition: How to create or delete partitions with fdisk.

[johnnyboy5000]

Thanks for the info. I managed to delete the swap drive, but now Linux Lite hangs at start up. It won't go pass the feather screen. I can start up with the advanced options.

[firenice03]

Thanks for the info. I managed to delete the swap drive, but now Linux Lite hangs at start up. It won't go pass the feather screen. I can start up with the advanced options.

If hanging at the feather - I believe hitting ESC will allow one to see to whats processing in the background. May lend to whats hanging the system.
Also a thought - confirm that swap is off and not trying to mount...??...

[johnnyboy5000]

Yes, the swap was not off. So I used sudo nano / etc / fstab and deleted the info that had swap text.  The PC starts up normal and no more 12GB swap drive.  Thanks

[firenice03]

Good to hear!!! 

It's always the little things LOL  ;D ;D