Re: [PLUG] adding swap

2005-07-19 Thread crisppy f
> I want to add auxillary memory to my system. When I > try to use commands > "mkswap" and "swapon" I get message: command not > found. > Can anybody point out what is wrong? Do I need to > upgrade system by adding > package? Check this easy to follow link: http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/l

Re: [PLUG] adding swap

2005-07-19 Thread Abhijit Bhopatkar
> Dear All, > I want to add auxillary memory to my system. When I try to use commands > "mkswap" and "swapon" I get message: command not found. Are you doing this as root? if you are on redhat (*sucks*) then just su won't do you will have to do "su -l" or login as root. or give complete path as

Re: [PLUG] adding swap

2005-07-19 Thread Shridhar Daithankar
Hemant Dixit. wrote: Dear All, I want to add auxillary memory to my system. When I try to use commands "mkswap" and "swapon" I get message: command not found. Can anybody point out what is wrong? Do I need to upgrade system by adding package? You have to be root. mkswap lives in /sbin/ which

[PLUG] adding swap

2005-07-19 Thread Hemant Dixit.
Dear All, I want to add auxillary memory to my system. When I try to use commands "mkswap" and "swapon" I get message: command not found. Can anybody point out what is wrong? Do I need to upgrade system by adding package? Thanks in advance. -- Hemant Dixit. -- _