Re: two swap partitions

[ABrady <xunil kc rr com>]

On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 14:43:59 +0000
"Jack Byers" <byersj hotmail com> wrote:

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> Jack Byers     byersj hotmail com
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> I have two swap partitions,
> one on sda2, other on sdb2
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> if one of them sda2 is not  listed in fstab, but sdb2 is in fstab
> will the system  see anduse only the swap in  sdb2?
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> if neither is listed in fstab,
> will thesystem notsee or use either swap partition?
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> thanks
> Jack

Yes, they have to be listed in ftab for them to be automatically
mounted. You can manually mount them if they aren't in fstab, but the
system can't unless it knows they exist. It uses fstab to determine
that.

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