Re: ubuntu swap partition

Gregory L. Magnusson wrote:
> I have been reading my dmesg output and there are no references to swap.
> Running 'top' confirms that I am using 0% total, 0% used, 0k free. I
> take it I can delete either swap partition? How though, do I start to
> use my swap space? This can't be good for my computers speed performance.
>

Make a partition, or use one of the ones you already have.

$> mkswap -v1 -c /dev/device
$> swapon /dev/device

You're now using swap.
Check /etc/fstab for something like this:
/dev/hda5 none swap sw 0 0

If not, add it. That way it should be brought back up on reboot.

Reboot to verify.

Cheers,
lance

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