[Sheflug] Swap problems

[Steve Tickle <steve.tickle [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For some reason, my Debian box doesn't seem to have a swap partition 
configured, although it was configured and partitioned on initial system 
installation as far as I'm concerned.

I want to create a /swap partition but fdisk /dev/hdb reports
"You will not be able to write the partition table.
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF 
disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only,
until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous
content won't be recoverable."

Don't know why this should be but could anyone give me any help in 
rectifying the situation.

I know I could create a swap file but this isn't as efficient as a swap 
partition is it?

BTW, the box is physically in London and I'm not, so that's a consideration 
when it comes to tinkering.

Cheers

--
Steve 
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