On Sun, 2006-09-17 at 11:23 +0200, Mathias Brodala wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> > i am getting some problem with swap. the swap is not starting ok.
> > 
> > 
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/fstab
> > # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> > #
> > # <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
> > proc            /proc           proc    defaults        0       0
> > /dev/sda6       /               reiserfs notail          0       1
> > /dev/sda5       none            swap    sw              0       0
check this line.


> > /dev/hdb        /media/cdrom0   iso9660 ro,user,noauto  0       0
> > /dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0       0
> > /dev/sda1       /media/c     vfat    defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0
> > 1
> > /dev/sda7       /media/d    vfat    defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0
> > 1
> > /dev/sda8       /media/e     vfat    defaults,utf8,umask=007,gid=46 0
> > 1
> 
> There is no swap entry here so it is obvious that it won’t get started. You 
> have
> to enter something like the following into your /etc/fstab:
> 
> > /dev/hdxN       none            swap    sw              0       0
> 
allready its available on fstab. some this really wrong, no live cd can
also use that partation. 
how can i reformat the swap partation for use ?
> Then swap will be activated on boot. (You can activate it for you current
> session via „swapon /dev/hdxN“.)
> 
> 
> Regards, Mathias
> 
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