Is it defined in your /etc/fstab file? Mine looks like this:
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
cheers
> Hmm... I coulda swore I partitioned a swap drive...
> wonder if there really is a swap drive left on that disk...
> [root@slacker /]# /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdb
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 523 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hdb1 * 1 1 127 1020096 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>
> /dev/hdb2 128 128 523 3180870 5 Extended
> /dev/hdb5 128 128 134 56196 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb6 135 135 326 1542208+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M
>
> /dev/hdb7 327 327 514 1510078+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hdb8 515 515 523 72261 82 Linux swap
>
> Command (m for help): q
> [root@slacker /]# exit
>
> Okay, so I have this Linux swap partition that is just sitting there
> unused, unloved, not swapping, idle!
>
> I thoroughly read the man page for mount, but there appears to be no
> procedure for mounting a swap drive (is this how you do it?)
>
> Someone please 'splain to me what I need to do!
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