On Sun, 6 Feb 2000, Eric G . Miller wrote: > On Sun, Feb 06, 2000 at 02:55:33PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello all. > > I've just done a fresh install of slink and forgot to initialize the swap > > partition I made (hda2) > > Is there a way to initialize it? Or do I have to reinstall? hda is divided > > into / (hda1) and swap. > > Add this to /etc/fstab after your entry for "/". > > /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
I do believe he will also have to do a "mkswap /dev/hda2" before the swapon command. > Then run "swapon -a" as root. The next time you reboot, it'll be > mounted automatically. For more info, read the man pages on mount, > /etc/fstab, mkswap and swapon.
