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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!purdue!mozo.cc.purdue.edu!not-for-mail From: willey@purdue.edu (Mark Willey) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc Subject: Re: Help! Swap config. Date: 3 Dec 1996 06:45:09 GMT Organization: Purdue University Lines: 13 Message-ID: <580i9l$hnp@mozo.cc.purdue.edu> References: <58004n$9fr@hecate.umd.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: hillres55-109.cc.purdue.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Richard Patrick Thomasson (spaceman@Glue.umd.edu) wrote: : 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 Make sure your kernel is configured for the correct swap device... Mark