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Re: HELP....I've fryed my swap file!



Ross wrote:
>
> i had the option
> to format all or some of the partitions (all except the swap file) . the
> file system type has already been set to 'linux swap' by the
> partitioning program.
>
> now i get an error saying swap cannot be started.....
>
> i'm asumiming i need to format it, but how? yast doesn't give this
> option and niehter does the partitioning program

Try using mkswap (man mkswap).

Haven`t used it myself, Redhat does all that stuff for you at install.

Baz.

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