Re: NEWBIES

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From: al
Date: Sat, 09 Jan 1999 00:00

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 I have only been using linux myself for a few months.use slackware.
command to enable swap space is

# swapon <partition>

in your case

# swapon  /dev/hda6

redhat should have made the swap for you and enabled it during the install
process.(ran redhat4.2 myself for awhile about a year ago)

Louis Hissink wrote in message <3695C43E.5DDC7D25@bigpond.com>...
>The details are produced by being superuser, running fdisk, and
>specifiying partition data
>
>                        st        fin          blocks     System
>/dev/hda1        1          3               24066    Linux Native (boot)
>
>/dev/hda2        4        527         4209030    Extended
>/dev/hda5        4         522        4168836    Linux Native
>/dev/hda6        523     527            40131    Linux Swap
>
>Each block is 1024 bytes
>
>I have yet to see Linux activate the swap file.
>
>Louis Hissink
>

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