I have a quad-cpu machine running a 2.2.19 kernel with the following lines in /etc/fstab:
/dev/sda7 none swap sw,pri=10 0 0 /dev/sdb7 none swap sw,pri=10 0 0 but it doesn't start either swap partition until explicitly told to do so. The kernel has been patched for md/new-style RAID and reiserfs support, but reiser is not in use. I have also installed a 2.4.x kernel (along with the 2.4-capable support packages) on this machine previously, but it didn't stick. Any ideas on what might be preventing swap from getting started automatically at boot? -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss