Can I reclaim the swap partition?

I notice OMV created this partition on the SSD it is installed on:

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048 191244287 191242240 91.2G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       191246334 195371007   4124674    2G  5 Extended
/dev/sda5       191246336 195371007   4124672    2G 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Since I am using the FlashMemory plugin that comments out the swap partition from /etc/fstab, how can I get that 2G back as I would like it to use for the backup plugin?

Zitat von David B

Yes, it is possible to remove the swap partition. I did so using GParted, but I believe that you can do directly from the terminal while booted into OMV. I'm not sure how to though. Perhaps @ryecoaaron or @votdev would know?

Did you have to manually change /etc/fstab to mount that new partition that replaced the swap one or did OMV automatically changed the /etc/fstab after detecting it?

OK, I used fdisk to delete the partitions sda5 and sda2.

Created a new sda2 partition:

Device     Boot     Start       End   Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sda1  *         2048 191244287 191242240 91.2G 83 Linux
/dev/sda2       191246336 195371007   4124672    2G 83 Linux

Ran:

mkfs.ext4 /dev/sda2

Edited /etc/fstab (SEE POST #8 instead of this last step
/dev/sda2 /backup ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1

I believe OMV has their own section in /etc/fstab that they change, anything outside these shouldn't be touch:

# >>> [openmediavault]
# <<< [openmediavault]

The issue I am now having is OMV ui wouldn't let me make a share folder on this partition, like it is trying to protect the same physical device the OS is on.

Zitat von David B

I just looked at the fstab file and I see what you mean about that. To make it possible to use the partition to make a shared folder, you may have to add the partition using the method I provided. I can tell you that OMV does not care about not allowing you to use disk partitions that reside on the same disk as the OS. I have a partition on my boot disk that I have a shared folder set up in, so it is possible.

Yes, letting OMV add it to its "area" of fstab made it available to create a shared folder which then the Backup plugin was able to use.

# >>> [openmediavault]
/dev/disk/by-id/ata-<id of disk>-part2 /srv/dev-disk-by-id-ata-<id of disk>-part2 ext4 defaults,nofail,user_xattr,noexec,usrjquota=aquota.user,grpjquota=aquota.group,jqfmt=vfsv0,discard,acl 0 2
# <<< [openmediavault]

Thanks for the encouragement and help in resolving this.