On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In a message dated 12/7/99 11:40:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > /dev/sda1 0 1100 396000 83 Linux native > > /dev/sda2 u 1100 1151 18360 82 Linux swap > > /dev/sda3 0 1151 414360 0 Empt > > > So why is the swap partition marked as read only? This is what the u flag > designates, I believe. Swap seems to work if it is set as read only or > without the flag. I have the swap flagless on a SPARC10. Just for cleanness > and that Debian uses it anyway and ignores the read only flag? > > Just curious I really don't know. That's how the Slink installer's fdisk set it up when I did the partitioning. All I can say is that it works. -- Ferret no baka (6/7th-clued Sparc newbie)