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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.msfc.nasa.gov!centauri.hq.nasa.gov!newsfeed.gsfc.nasa.gov!cs.umd.edu!hecate.umd.edu!caddie.eng.umd.edu!spaceman From: spaceman@Glue.umd.edu (Richard Patrick Thomasson) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Help! Swap config. Date: 3 Dec 1996 01:35:19 GMT Organization: University of Maryland, College Park Lines: 24 Message-ID: <58004n$9fr@hecate.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: caddie.eng.umd.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] I have the following line in /etc/fstab to try to set up my swap space: /dev/sd2b /swap swap sw 0 0 I am wondering if this is the incorrect format for the swap entry (the man page wasn't very helpful), or if maybe it is impossible to have swap on a disk other than the one that the root partition is on. My first disk is one single partition ( I know this isn't the normal convention! ) and my second disk has a usr and swap partition. I am successfully using my second disk's "a" partition. The swap partition is the "b" partition (on my second disk) and is labeled "swap" and shows up in edlabel, but I have encountered problems ranging from "device not configured" messages to the machine booting in single user mode. I was wondering if someone could provide me with an example fstab entry for swapping, or otherwise enlighten me. Thanks in advance! Patrick Patrick Thomasson . support technician/robot/rockstar . spaceman@eng.umd.edu 301-996-8028