My /etc/fstab just has /var/swap2 none swap sw 0 0 That's for a swap file which was made by dding 0s into it, then running mkswap.
You'd replace /var/swap2 with /dev/sda2 Sounds like you're just not loading it from your fstab. Should load every boot. Nothing new or tricky there. On 9/14/18, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings; > > As I attempt to go beyond the original setup on the pi 3b, which was to > run linuxcnc on it. > > But since it has 1/2 its cpu power left over, I am finding the lack of > memory to be a pita. Starting a camera application so I can calibrate > out the errors in the lathes mechanics then kills other services like > ssh, or even the whole thing so bad it needs a powerdown reboot. > > I have a couple ssd's mounted each with a couple gigs of swap, but the pi > isn't using them, at least not as expected. > > What would be the chain of things to check and adjust so it does use the > available swap? There is a 10Gb defined in the /etc/fstab, on partition > sda2, one of the 2 ssd's plugged into a usb hub. > > If swapon -a is run, I can see 999megs of swap in htop, which goes away > after a swapoff -a, both of course as sudo root. > > Thanks for any clues. > > -- > Cheers, Gene Heskett > -- > "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: > soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." > -Ed Howdershelt (Author) > Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> > > -- ------------- No, I won't call it "climate change", do you have a "reality problem"? - AB1JX Cities are cages built to contain excess people and keep them from cluttering up nature. Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach Impeach
