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[stefan.troeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Stefan Troeger)]

Hi,

On Mon, Jun 12 2000 at 17:42 +0200, Silvia Nieto Santos wrote:

>   When I installed linux I don't create a swap partition, but I need it
> now.
> 
>     I have the partition /dev/hda3, with 130Mb but how can I active it?,

Run `mkswap /dev/hda3' to make /dev/hda3 a swap partition and
`swapon /dev/hda3' to activate it. If you want to make your
changes permanent then add

/dev/hda3  swap  swap  defaults 0  0

to /etc/fstab.

> how can I prove that the partition is active?

cat /proc/swaps

Ciao,
        Stefan


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