Re: [gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

swapon: /mnt/sammy/swapfile: Invalid argument i had put a space but, still no dice -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

nope, but same problem if i put it in /home, i was woundering what would happeren if it tryed to page over the network -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

Am Mittwoch, 13. August 2003 16:02 schrieb ext Adam Dunstan: swapon: /mnt/sammy/swapfile: Invalid argument i had put a space but, still no dice Another question: What did you mount on /mnt/sammy? I'd guess it won't work if it is an NFS mount. HTH... Dirk -- Dirk Heinrichs |

Re: [gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

opps i hadent mkswap the one on my local file system, so its all better now -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

Adam Dunstan list-at-urban.net.au |Gentoo mailing list(s)| wrote: nope, but same problem if i put it in /home, i was woundering what would happeren if it tryed to page over the network man swapon(8) says Swap over NFS may not work, which leaves some room to doubt. man swapon(2) says EINVAL is

[gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

so im trying to use swapon to make use of a swap file i made with # dd if=/dev/zero of=swapfile bs=1024 count=65536 then mkswap /mnt/sammy/swapfile then swapon /mnt/sammy/swapfile but i get swapon: swapfile: Invalid argument im kinda new at all this, so im sorry to wast ppl's time, but

Re: [gentoo-user] how to swap on a file

Adam Dunstan list-at-urban.net.au |Gentoo mailing list(s)| wrote: swapon: /mnt/sammy/swapfile: Invalid argument i had put a space but, still no dice Is /mnt/sammy/swapfile on a local filesystem? -- Codito ergo sum Roel Schroeven -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list