Re: Problems adding swap files

[Daniel Quinlan <quinlan@pathname.com>]

Pete Templin <templin@bucknell.edu> writes:

> I'm having some difficulty creating "special" swapfiles to be able to test
> swapping to/from an "md" device (raid0).  I've followed the manpage hints
> as indicated below, and think that it's complaining about the individual
> file(s).  Can anyone guide me in the right direction?
> 
> [...]
> tcsh# swapon swapfile
> swapon: swapfile: Invalid argument
> tcsh# 

You must give the full path of the swapfile.

I also suggest using a swap partition instead of a swap file.  It's a
lot faster.  Maybe not when compared to RAID-0, though.

- Dan


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