[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> I have mandrake 6.1 running on a multi drive system on which I nee
> dopt pull out one drive So far I have shifted all the data and apps
> etc out of that drive I have only the swap partiton left Now, I have
> created a new swap partition on another drive in this box, how do I
> tell Mandrake to use this new one Do I simply edit /etc/fstab, or is
> there another file that needs editing or do I need to use swapon or
> something?
Phil, assuming that you've run mkswap on the new partitions, you should
then edit /etc/fstab and change the device specification of your swap
partition to the new one.
If you want to test the new swap setup, you can do it as a series of
steps; add the new swap partition to /etc/fstab without changing the
current swap device entry. Then reboot your system & check to see if
your system has recognized the new swap partition. Just cat /proc/swaps
for that, see if the new partition is reflected in there. If so, then
re-edit /etc/fstab and remove the current swap partition, shut down,
and pull the drive.
best
rickf
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