Re: Debian install and swap
On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 05:16:45AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote:
>
> The system is a debian derivative. hdb2 is a primary
> partition for Linux swap. /etc/fstab has the entry:
>
> /dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0
>
> but top utility shows 0M swap, and attempt to make it active
> with swapon (swapon -a) produces the error:
>
Try mkswap /dev/sdb2 _then_ swapon just in case the installer didn't
actually make the swap file properly.
You could delete it and then explicitly remake it with fdisk.
> swapon: /dev/hdb2: Invalid argument
>
> Any ideas?
>
> -ishwar
>
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