On Tue, Jun 17, 2003 at 03:34:36PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > Alfred M. Szmidt wrote: > > > Of course this is assuming you created a swap partition and > > initilized it? (I think) > > > >Nope, swapon doesn't care where it is going to swap to, but you can > >also share it with GNU/Linux, but then you have to use mkswapfs on the > >file/device. > > So you're saying there's a "mkswapfs" command in the hurd? I reckon it's > not yet installed then, as "locate" (after running "updatedb") doesn't > find it. So I need to get my networking fixed, then I should be able to > "apt-get install mkswapfs" (or whatever package it's in) and initialize > my swap partition? No, he means that, if you want to have Linux use a swap-partition after The Hurd has used it, then *Linux* will require you to run `mkswap' (sorry, Alfred--you got the name wrong; does this mean that The Hurd is running well enough for you that you don't neet to touch Linux anymore? :)) because The Hurd does not know or care about `swap-signatures'--it'll happily use whatever partition you give it without requiring you to `initialise' it. If there happens to be a Linux swap-signature (or anything else ;)) ok the partition, it's likely to be gone by the time that The Hurd is done with the partition. So, all you have to do is -activate- your swap via `swapon'--if I recall correctly, this will happen automatically at boot if you list the swap-partition(s) in /etc/fstab. -- In the beginning there was nothing. And the Lord said "Let There Be Light!" And still there was nothing, but at least now you could see it.
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