Re: Swap not starting
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:14:00 -0600, Dave Sherohman <esper@sherohman.org> wrote:
> 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?
Well, /etc/init.d/mountall.sh generally runs swapon at some point.
It must be getting the idea that it shouldn't turn on swap. Either
that, or it's exiting prematurely (a possibility).
--
Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
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