> total used free shared buffers
> cached
> Mem: 30844 30492 352 26236 192
> 11032
> -/+ buffers/cache: 19268 11576
> Swap: 0 0 0
> [root@slacker /]# exit
>
> "Holey FreeHolies!" I scream to myself. "Zero swap space?!?" I could
> have sworn that I formatted a swap partition when I installed this bad
> boy.
>
> This would also explain why my swap bar in xosview is *always* green,
> showing 0% used. :)
>
> 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
> Someone please 'splain to me what I need to do!
The answer may already lie in later mail which I haven't read yet. But, in
fstab add the line:
/dev/hdb8 swap swap defaults 0 0
Then type:
swapon /dev/hdb8
Then make sure the script /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit has a line that says
swapon -a
That should get it running at boot time.
---
Who are the Brain Police?
--
PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!
http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists
To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with
"unsubscribe" as the Subject.
