Thanks to all who replied - problem solved. Such quick, informative and friendly help is one of (the many) things I like about Debian.
On Mon, 7 Feb 2000 11:19:14 -0800 (PST), aphro wrote: > mkswap /dev/hda2 > swapon /dev/hda2 > > add an entry in /etc/fstab for it type swap mountpoint none > > /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0 > > nate > > On Sun, 6 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > photiu >Hello all. > photiu >I've just done a fresh install of slink and forgot to initialize the swap > photiu >partition I made (hda2) > photiu >Is there a way to initialize it? Or do I have to reinstall? hda is divided > photiu >into / (hda1) and swap. > photiu > > photiu > > photiu > > photiu > > photiu > > photiu >_______________________________________________________ > photiu >Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite > photiu >Visit http://freeworld.excite.com > photiu > > photiu > > photiu >-- > photiu >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > photiu > > > ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ > Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ > Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ > Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ > Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ > -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- > 11:18am up 171 days, 23:30, 1 user, load average: 1.02, 1.06, 1.03 > _______________________________________________________ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.com