Possible solution to random crashes

[Don Levey]

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Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Don't use fdisk alone to resize a Linux partition. To shrink a Linux 
> partition, you first must shrink the file system, then use fdisk. It is 
> better to use a tool, sich as gparted or qtparted that will do both. 
> There is an resize2fs for ext2/3.
> 
> One possibility for you is to reformat the swap partition by first 
> turning swap off with swapoff, then use mkswap on that partition. Did 
> you my any chance change the size of the swap partition?
> But, this also might be an indication of an impending disk failure. In 
> any case, I would reformat the existing swap partition and see if there 
> is a recurrence.
> 
Jerry,
On /dev/sda there is/was nothing of any value except the /boot
partition; the partition I wanted to resize was NTFS-based.  Wiping it
was no big deal.

I'd not considered reformatting the /dev/sdb-based swap partition, but I
may do that.  I currently have swap running on /dev/sda, but it is too
soon to tell if this resolves the problem.  I will probably do the
reformat and switch between the two to see what (if anything) happens.

Thanks!
 -Don
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