On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 17:35, Glen Wagley wrote: > I just installed Debian/Knoppix (gotta love that hardware detection and 10 > minute installation!). The installer informed me that I didn't need a swap > partition even though I had created on previously with parted. Anyhow, I created > /dev/hda5 and then tried the swapon command. No dice! Anyhow, I'm wondering if I > need to format /dev/hda5 with dd. Also, how the heck can I get it initialized at > boot? Thanks!
You initialize swap with the mkswap command. Once swap is initialized, as long as it's in the /etc/fstab, it will mount automatically when the init scripts issue the swapon command. Michael -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
