> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 00:39:32 +0100
> From: Harald Hanche-Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> + "Kevin Oberman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
> | In any case, in the disklabel screen down-arrow until you get to the
> | partition you want to use as swap. Note the size and press 'D' to
> | delete it. Then up-arrow to the entry at the top of the screen for the
> | slice the swap will be created in. Press 'C', enter the value for the
> | size of the swap space, press <enter>, and then select Swap. Bingo!
> | You have swap.
> 
> This fits my memory too, but now after entering the size, I get
> directly to the question on naming the mount point.  Before that, if I
> remember right, there used to be a question whether I wanted swap or a
> file system.  That question no longer appears.

Very odd. I am running RC1 and I did exactly what I recommended with
no problem. Since I was using the existing space, I just did C<Enter>
and the window offering the Swapfile option appeared. I just tried it
again on my RC1 system and it worked as I described.

?????

R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
Energy Sciences Network (ESnet)
Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]                  Phone: +1 510 486-8634

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