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: > > swapon: /dev/hdb2: Invalid argument > > Any ideas? > > -ishwar I can't find "sw" in the mount manpage. Perhaps: /dev/hdb2 none swap defaults 0 0 ... at least, that's what works for me.