On Wed, 9 Jan 2002 13:14:00 -0600, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a quad-cpu machine running a 2.2.19 kernel with the following > lines in /etc/fstab: > > /dev/sda7 none swap sw,pri=10 0 0 > /dev/sdb7 none swap sw,pri=10 0 0 > > but it doesn't start either swap partition until explicitly told to > do so. The kernel has been patched for md/new-style RAID and > reiserfs support, but reiser is not in use. I have also installed a > 2.4.x kernel (along with the 2.4-capable support packages) on this > machine previously, but it didn't stick. > > Any ideas on what might be preventing swap from getting started > automatically at boot? Well, /etc/init.d/mountall.sh generally runs swapon at some point. It must be getting the idea that it shouldn't turn on swap. Either that, or it's exiting prematurely (a possibility). -- Eric G. Miller <egm2@jps.net>
