On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 21:07 +0100, Steve Gane wrote: > I've just decommissioned my fatslug in favour of an N2100.
You might want to sell it to John Fieldsend, ;-) John, still there? > > But what I did on my slug was this: > Use the "-L" option of mkswap, like: > mkswap -L Swap /dev/whatever > Then mount it by label. My fstab had this: > LABEL=Swap none swap sw 0 0 Yes, that's what the wiki says! > > Steve > > > > David Fokkema wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 15:46 -0400, Aaron Klein wrote: > > > > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > > > # > > > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > > UUID=63503a74-6e77-4623-bcea-9574740d3298 / ext3 > > > defaults > > > ,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > > > /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 > > > /dev/sda1 /media/usb0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > > /dev/sda5 /media/usb1 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 > > > UUID=a50446ca-dcb2-4988-a19f-3dc9967e1449 /disk2 ext3 > > > defaults > > > ,errors=remount-ro 0 2 > > > > > > I get nothing when i do a swapon -s > > > > > > > Then you don't have swap! > > > > > > > I know why I belive. I have two disks attached to my NSLU2. The main > > > disk in port 1 usually gets /dev/sda so the root partion would be > > > /dev/sda5 When I boot with just 1 disk attached i get the swap > > > partion like I should. When the second disk is attached it seems like > > > I dont get the swap partion. I think the main disk gets mounted > > > sometimes as /dev/sdb. I have the two main disk partions being > > > mounted by UUID but I dont seem to have a UUID that I can find for the > > > swap. > > > > > > > I think your right. So what's the UUID of a swap partition? Good > > question. However, I think there was another thread (something to do > > with RAID) which also had this kind of problem. You could search the > > list for something like 'UUID'. > > > > Maybe someone knows the correct solution by heart? > > > > David > > > > > > > > > On 6/24/07, David Fokkema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Sun, 2007-06-24 at 10:15 -0400, Aaron Klein wrote: > > > > > > > > > How can I tell if my system will use the swap space? Im running out > > > > > of ram and my system really starts to crawl and I never see anything > > > > > used as far as swap using the top command. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Just do `swapon -s`. That will tell you if you use a swap partition and > > > > how much of it is used. > > > > > > > > David > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Have pets? Get the help you need from the Pet Advice Network. > > > > > We have 6 websites ready to help you. http://www.petadvice.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Have pets? Get the help you need from the Pet Advice Network. > > > We have 6 websites ready to help you. http://www.petadvice.net > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
