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2009/1/9 Tom Potts <tompotts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > I'm trying to set up a swap file on my viglen but not getting anywhere > viglen@mpc-xubuntu:~$ cat /etc/fstab > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > # > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > # /dev/hda1 > UUID=8d18d78d-5eb0-469f-b9ca-77e03b43db2c / ext3 > defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 > # /dev/hda5 > UUID=8d97fd08-8ea5-4d49-a2e5-da504e59261f none swap sw > 0 0 > /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > viglen@mpc-xubuntu:~$ sudo mkswap -U 8d97fd08-8ea5-4d49-a2e5-da504e59261f Is that in fact the right UUID? You can find out like this:- alan@mpc-xubuntu:~$ ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-01-04 20:10 6a1c871e-8193-4041-9a0d-4b121ea49bc2 -> ../../sda5 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-01-04 20:10 8d18d78d-5eb0-469f-b9ca-77e03b43db2c -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 2009-01-08 23:26 eefc6bf5-1d3b-4436-8242-d9ea6ae426c3 -> ../../sdb1 Personally I don't use UUID in my fstab for swap.. alan@mpc-xubuntu:~$ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # /dev/hda1 UUID=8d18d78d-5eb0-469f-b9ca-77e03b43db2c / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 #/dev/hda3 /scratch ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 # /dev/hda5 /dev/sda5 none swap sw 0 0 #/dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 //192.168.129.237/drobo /media/drobo cifs guest,uid=1000,iocharset=utf8,codepage=unicode,unicode 0 0 Cheers, Al. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html