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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: creating extra swap partitions
Message-ID: <7930@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 17 Sep 89 00:36:47 GMT
References: <8871@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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In article <8871@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> eric@jasper.tn.cornell.edu writes:
> what does one have to do to create a second swap partition on a second disk
> drive (in addition to the default b on the system disk)?  I tried changing the
> partition size with 'chpt' of my /dev/rrz3b partition and entering it into my
> /etc/fstab as a swap partition, but "swapon -a" complains that it must be a
> block device. This happens with or without running 'mkfs' on that partition.
> Is there some other program to run to create a "block device" for swapping?
> Do you have to specify the swap partitions in the kernal configuration?

The entry in /etc/fstab should specifiy the "cooked" or "block" device
rather than the "raw" device (regardless of what it actually uses).

Most likely you've put the wrong name /dev/rhp1b vs /dev/hp1b in your
entry.  Second chance would be that you don't have the correct names in
/dev for all the partitions of the disk device.

mkfs isn't used for swap partitions, since the system (normally) swaps on the
entire partition, rather than within the bounds of a filesystem layered onto
the device...

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