swap not being used?

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Boo
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Post by Boo »

check (or post) your /etc/fstab file and make sure swap is being mounted.

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alexander wrote: here we is, it appears not to have a mount point :?
'swap' doesn't need a mount point .... BUT:
alexander wrote:
# /dev/sda6
none swap sw 0 0
... The device name is missing? The entry as written above does not tell the system *which* partition is the swap partition. Correct it should look something like this:

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/dev/sda6   none       swap    sw      0    0
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