On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 09:13:24 -0500, Tom Horsley <tomhorsley@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > mkswap /swapfile > > So its easier than I thought! Never knew linux already knew how to use a plain > file for swap. Learn something every day. Thanks! In FC5 I had problems with the swap file if it wasn't on the root file system at boot time. My theory is that swapon was running before the other file systems were mounted, but I never fully confirmed that that was the problem.
