-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 01/20/08 18:49, Andres Migliazzo wrote: > Hello, > > To answer the original question, I use to put my swap file in /boot file > system: > > #dd if=/dev/zero of=/boot/swap bs=512k count=1024 > #mkswap /boot/swap > #swapon /boot/swap > > Then I edit /etc/fstab and add the following entry: > /boot/swap none swap defaults 0 0
That's exactly what I did, except I followed the "man mkswap" recommendation of a 1KB blocksize. And a count of 2^20 blocks. $ ls -l /swap/ total 3148812 - -rw------- 1 root root 1073741824 Oct 15 2005 swap001.swap - -rw------- 1 root root 1073741824 Oct 15 2005 swap002.swap - -rw------- 1 root root 1073741824 Jun 18 2007 swap003.swap $ grep swap /etc/fstab /swap/swap001.swap none swap sw 0 0 /swap/swap002.swap none swap sw 0 0 /swap/swap003.swap none swap sw 0 0 > Sometimes you have to make it work on a shoe string, and replacing the > hardware is not an option, I have been there... many times. > > Regards... > Andrew > > > On Jan 20, 2008 7:54 PM, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > On 01/20/08 15:28, Brendan wrote: >> On Sunday 20 January 2008, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Move to civilization? >>> Jefferson LA USA > >> I would say the same to you... > > We've had broadband for 8 years, and all the only important store > that's not pissing distance is Frys. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian because I hate vegetables!" unknown -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFHk/UPS9HxQb37XmcRAp6+AJ0dRz3X8yF5CHEqeStCj71zqt8FqACfcVFV Z/u6b5ne/55bCrvH45w4EZg= =Mxys -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
