On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 07:35:37PM -0400, Glen Wagley said: > 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!
First of all, did you make the partition of type Swap? Then, you need to `mkswap /dev/hda5`, and then do `swapon /dev/hda5`. (at least in Gentoo. I'm assuming those aren't distro specific commands) -- Derek M Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------- "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." - Albert Einstein
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