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sweeloong mok wrote:
> Hey cool, its working, and i can see it by "free" now.
>
> *raise my right hand*
> >From now on, I'll take my time to note down all details before I ask or
> reporting a problem.
> >From now on, I'll take my time to note down all details before I ask or
> reporting a problem.
> >From now on, I'll take my time to note down all details before I ask or
> reporting a problem.
> >From now on, I'll take my time to note down all details before I ask or
> reporting a problem.
> >From now on, I'll take my time to note down all details before I ask or
> reporting a problem.......
>
> Appreciated your help very much, thanks, Ray! :)
>
> Ray Olszewski wrote:
> >
> > Your swap partition isn't part of the filesystem tree, so it won't show up
> > in a df listing -- so you needn't worry about that part. As far as I know,
> > there is no /proc/swap pseudo device (at least Slackware doesn't use one),
> > so I'm guessing that part of your message is a misreading of something you
> > saw. But the fact that "free" lists 0 swap means you don't have a swap
> > partition running.
> >
> > What you need to do is:
> >
> > 1. Check /etc/fstab to see if it has any entries for swap. A valid one will
> > look something like this:
> >
> > /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 1 1
> >
> > 2. Make sure that the swap partition is properly formatted to be swap. You
> > do this with the command "mkswap /dev/hda3" (substituting the partition
> > appropriate to your system, of course).
> >
> > 3. Run "swapon -a" as you did before.
> >
> > All that said, you may not need swap space, since you have 64 megs of real
> > memory ... depends on what you use the system for.
> >
> > And BTW, it really is worth taking the time to note and report the exact
> > error message. I wouldn't be surprised if seeing it let me (and others) know
> > exactly what your problem is, letting me give you a more direct solution
> > than what I provided here.
> >
> > At 01:11 AM 3/4/99 +0800, sweeloong mok wrote [abridged]:
> > >hi all,
> > >
> > >I'm using redhat 5.0, I try to figure out whether my swap partition is
> > >working fine...I try the swapon -s and swapon -a, it said /proc/swap is
> > >not a valid directory or file or some sort, pardon me :p cant remember
> > >the exact err msg, and during installation, I can remember I DID NOT
> > >specified any mount point for the swap partition, is this correct? And
> > >under my /etc/fstab there is nothing mounted for swap, how do I find out
> > >my swap is ok?
> > >what should i do to configure it properly?
> > >how to check the swap patition status other then using free?
> >
> > ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> > Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> > 762 Garland Drive
> > Palo Alto, CA 94303-3603
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