Re: Someone please help.

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 03:39:32PM +0000, Dan Walker wrote:
> how do i check my swap file

File or partition?  Let's suppose it's /dev/hda5.  Then

 mkswap -c /dev/hda5

"man mkswap" for more details

> and assign it to a new place.

I don't know what you mean by that.  To put it into effect after
mkswap,

 swapon /dev/hda5

For the long term, you should have an entry in /etc/fstab like

/dev/hda5               swap                    swap    defaults        0 0

> My problem when booting is that it says that it is initialising the swap
> file then fails.

If the above doesn't fix it, tell us what you are using for a swap
device or file, and the applicable entry in /etc/fstab.

> I have 1 hard drive and swapped it from slave to master to get it to
> boot as rh8 set it all up then i noticed it would not boot. could this
> cause the swap file problem?

Maybe.  Your /etc/fstab may show it as /dev/hdb5 when it is now
/dev/hda5.

> Also Major problem, where does apache put the html files for my site
> please? i did a standard install and standard drives were set up.

/var/www/html

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/
Linux: because I want to get there today.  Without rebooting.