Re: Swap not starting

[Shaul Karl <shaulka@bezeqint.net>]

> I have a quad-cpu machine running a 2.2.19 kernel with the following
> lines in /etc/fstab:
> 
> /dev/sda7       none    swap    sw,pri=10                       0 0
> /dev/sdb7       none    swap    sw,pri=10                       0 0
> 
> but it doesn't start either swap partition until explicitly told to
> do so.  The kernel has been patched for md/new-style RAID and
> reiserfs support, but reiser is not in use.  I have also installed a
> 2.4.x kernel (along with the 2.4-capable support packages) on this
> machine previously, but it didn't stick.
> 
> Any ideas on what might be preventing swap from getting started
> automatically at boot?
> 
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> 


What makes you think that swap is not started automatically at boot?
Have you tried to take out the pri entries?
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