Re: [cobalt-users] [RaQ4] Swap File

["William J.A. Brillinger" <billy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:08 PM 31/03/03 -0600, you wrote:
> At 08:43 PM 31/03/03 -0500, you wrote:
> > On Monday 31 March 2003 18:46, William J.A. Brillinger wrote:
> > > Is it possible to delete old swap and recreate it from the command 
> > line, the disk space is there waiting. Perhaps I only need to turn it on??
> >
> > What does /etc/fstab say?
> > try swapon -a if fstab has a swap entry.
>
> ok I did this:
>
> [root /root]# mkswap /dev/hda5
> Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 41119744 bytes
>
> [root /root]# swapon -a
>
> [root /root]# cat /proc/meminfo
>         total:    used:    free:  shared: buffers:  cached:
> Mem:  529514496 325353472 204161024 230739968 62603264 140709888
> Swap: 41115648        0 41115648
> MemTotal:    517104 kB
> MemFree:     199376 kB
> MemShared:   225332 kB
> Buffers:      61136 kB
> Cached:      137412 kB
> SwapTotal:    40152 kB
> SwapFree:     40152 kB


Looking at the file size here, I am beginning to wonder if I just turned my 
little tiny cobalt boot partition into a swap file!?

I think I will drive in tomorrow and have a look.

- Bill



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