Ah, ok. So I can just go ahead and put pri=1 for both swap partitions in /etc/fstab without running in trouble. Thank you
joerg On Son, Sep 08, 2002 at 06:06:39 +0200, Guy Geens wrote: > >>>>> "Joerg" == Joerg Johannes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Joerg> ahead and set the priority in /etc/fstab with pri=PRIORITY, but > Joerg> wait... the man page tells me that swap priority can have any > Joerg> non-negative value, but the above kern.log tells me both > Joerg> partitions have a negative value. Could someone please > Joerg> enlighten me what this is all about? > > If you don't add a priority yourself, the kernel generates a number > for you. And those numbers are negative. > > The swapon() system call only lets you specify a number greater than > 0. This means, those swap partitions where a priority is used are used > in preference to the ones that have an automatic one. -- No, "rm -rf *" does not mean "read mail -really fast"... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
