On 14 Jun 1998, Deniz Dogan wrote: : Hi, : : To use kernel`s raid0 support for swap partitions, I added : these two lines to /etc/fstab : : /dev/hdc2 none swap sw 0 0 : /dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0 : : But boot messages says these partitions have different priorities : (-1 and -2). : : Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
Yes. Using RAID0 on swap partitions is more or less a waste of time, since the kernel supports round robin swapping. You need to add a "pri=<number>" to the options field in /etc/fstab. On one of my systems the swap partitions are described thusly: /dev/sdb7 none swap sw,pri=1 /dev/sda7 none swap sw,pri=1 As long as the priorities are the same, round robin swapping will occur. User assigned priorities have a "non-negative" value, according to `man 2 swapon'. It looks like the priority field is a signed integer, so you have over 32000 values to play with for user assigned swap areas :) Cheers, -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet - 410 South Phillips Avenue - Sioux Falls, SD 57104 mailto://[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
