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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