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http://crunchbanglinux.org – Hello all, when I installed, I  set up://boot/home/ntfs-partitionAs you can see there's no swap. Now I changed my mind and I'd like to make /boot part of / , AND use that partition for Swap.  but how do I go about that? Can I just:Login from liveCDMount both  / and /bootCopy stuff from /boot to /  unmount /boot format /boot as swapFix /boot and swap-partition in fstabGive / the boot flag Update grub. Also, the partition that will become Swap is a 16 GB partition. Is this OK, or will the fact that it is so large cause problems? Will that work? I'm afraid of me (HowTos)

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