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The mkswap /dev/hda6 gives Setting up swapspace, size = 35057664 bytes But swapon -a still gives swapon: /dev/hda6: Device or resource busy and swapon -s gives swapon: /proc/swaps: No such file or directory There are no /proc/swap* files And fstool still opens with the warning Partition /dev/hda6 seems to have been deleted. Shall I remove it from /etc/fstab. Thus mkswap reports itself successful but the other indications are not positive. Hugh ************************************************************ International Press is the editor of Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Asian Journal of Mathematics Methods and Applications of Analysis Journal of Combinatorics-- the print version of the Electronic Journal of Combinatorics contact us at: journals at descartes.intlpress.com fax 617-491-6779 phone 617-491-6560 On Thu, 1 Apr 1999, Patrick McManus wrote: > In a previous episode Hugh Rutledge said... > :: > :: Reply is: > :: > :: swapon: /proc/swaps: No such file or directory > :: > :: Superuser can not make /proc/swaps as a directory. There is an extremely > :: large file /proc/kcore > :: > > a] /proc/kcore is probably about the size of your RAM, eh? (hint > things in /proc don't physically exist on disk, its a metaphor) > > b] make sure you have /dev/hda6 defined in /etc/fstab > > something like: > /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > make sure you've initialized the partition (mkswap /dev/hda6).. > > then run swapon -a > > .. swapon should be in your startup scripts and it will be automatic > for you once the partition is initialized and in fstab. > > -P > > :: > :: /dev/hda6 296 296 312 34240+ 82 Linux swap > - Subcription/unsubscription/info requests: send e-mail with "subscribe", "unsubscribe", or "info" on the first line of the message body to discuss-request at blu.org (Subject line is ignored).
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