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Re: Activating swap



On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, dan wrote:

> > How do I activate that swap?
> 
> You need to setup the swap space first.  try 'mkswap /dev/hda5'.  It's the same as (only different) making a filesystem before mounting in.
> 
> This will destroy all data on the drive.

No, it will destroy all data on the partition. This is quite an important
distinction :)

Matthew

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