Hi Tim,
> SDB unpartitioned
...
> I decided to move the swap file from sda to a new swap partition I
> made on sdb which was set up as sdb1 (made the swap file with gparted,
> 10gb same size as the one on sda) .
...
> I can see the swap file is on and being used (below a couple of
> minutes after a reboot hence the low usage) and as I use the PC during
> the day I see the amount of swap usage increase.
`swapon -s' will confirm the amount used from each partition, ensuring
it's using sdb1 as you expect, unlike free(1)'s output.
> I have had a look in my log but to be honest I am not sure what log to
> look at
I'd expect either `swap' or `sdb' to be mentioned near any problems.
Have you checked sdb's quality?
sudo -i dd if=/dev/sdb bs=128k of=/dev/null
Cheers, Ralph.
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