Swap Space Not Being Used?
Rick Bilonick
rab at nauticom.net
Fri Sep 22 18:47:15 UTC 2006
Hi Rick!
>
> Lets go back a bit. What is in /etc/fstab?
> # Mine is a bit strange me doing quad boot FC5, Ubuntu, Suse, and Sun.
> -------------------------------------------------
> tod at tod-desktop:~$ cat /etc/fstab
> # /etc/fstab: static file system information.
> #
> # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
> /dev/hda2 none swap sw 0 0
> /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
> ------------------------------------------------
> # and so you feel more at home:
> ------------------------------------------------
> tod at tod-desktop:~$ free -m
> total used free shared buffers cached
> Mem: 630 620 10 0 71 204
> -/+ buffers/cache: 344 286
> Swap: 1287 18 1268
> tod at tod-desktop:~$ dmesg | grep -i swap
> [17179635.188000] Adding 1318456k swap on /dev/hda2. Priority:-1
> extents:1 across:1318456k
> ---------------------------------------------------
> Is the device in fstab what you want and will the options defined
> work? In my case /dev/hda2 was made and chosen by Solaris and I
> simply copied, pasted the line in Solaris to this Ubunut fstab.
> Anyway, I think it is likely fstab will have a clue.
>
> Good Hunting!
>
> Tod
>
I did post the fstab information before but it was probably missed. Here
it is again:
[chippy at ophth-bilora ~]$ cat /etc/fstab
# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / ext3 defaults
1 1
LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults
1 2
/dev/devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620
0 0
/dev/shm /dev/shm tmpfs defaults
0 0
/dev/proc /proc proc defaults
0 0
/dev/sys /sys sysfs defaults
0 0
LABEL=SWAP-hda6 swap swap defaults
0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/windows ntfs ro,umask=0222
0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrecorder auto
pamconsole,exec,noauto,managed 0 0
I'm going to try what Michael Warfield suggested:
mkswap -L "SWAP-hda6" /dev/hda6
I'll reboot and report back. Thanks.
Rick B.
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