Re: Swap space not used
On Wed, 2 May 2012 15:48:30 +0800 (WST)
Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I am running Debian 6.
>
> When I installed it, I had a swap partition of about 40GB set up, as is
> shown by gparted.
>
> But, for some strnge reason, Debian 6will not use the swap space, even
> though gparted shows it to be "Active".
>
> Instead of Debian 6 using the swap[ partition, it just runs out of
> memory, progressively, requiring rebooting every few days.
>
> Why is this so?
Perhaps it isn't in /etc/fstab.
You could try using swapon / swapoff on the partition
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keith <km3952@gmail.com>
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