Did you format the partition with mkswap first? Used to be that this was mandatory but I'm not sure if it sill is because it's been a very long time since I did this manually...
It could explain why the kernel stops using it unexpectedly though .... On 30/11/2018 14:22, Tim wrote: > > I am running a Debian testing based distro on my PC which has three > hard disk in it SDA, SDB & SDC and their layout was as follows: > > SDA > sda1 fat32 /boot/efi > sda2 ext4 / > sda3 ext /home > sda4 swap > > SDB > unpartitioned > > SDC > sdc1 ext4 /media/backup > > 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 turned swap off > > I edited the fstab file and entered the new uuid for the swap file on > sdb1 then turned swap back on again. > > 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. > > |mit@andora:~$ free -m total used free shared buff/cache available > Mem: 7687 4117 942 519 2626 2781 Swap: 9999 3 9996 | > > Now since making the change every morning when I come down to my PC > both my open web browsers will have crashed and swap is turned off > (nothing is programmed to run in browsers overnight), I did not have > this issue when swap was on sda4 I simply do sudo swapon -a in the > morning and the swap file is back up and running. > > I have had a look in my log but to be honest I am not sure what log to > look at, I have looked on line but was unable to see anything obvious. > > Can anybody advise please? > > -- > Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-12-04 20:00 > Check if you're replying to the list or the author > Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ > New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk -- Next meeting at *new* venue: Bournemouth, Tuesday, 2018-12-04 20:00 Check if you're replying to the list or the author Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
