Re: Debian install and swap

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.


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