About fstab and swap

research2004 · 02-19-2004, 01:31 AM

Hi!

I can't figure out the problem. I want to execute this to fstab

# /app/tmp/swapfile swapfile swapfile default 0 0
bash: /app/tmp/swapfile: Permission denied.

Anyone can suggest to solve this problem?

On the other hand, when I added it to fstab but when reboot, it give the mounting error.

You advice is very much appreciated!
Thanks

rootboy · 02-19-2004, 04:12 AM

fstab needs to know what partition your swapfile is on. e.g.:

/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0

Please post your /etc/fstab.

John

michaelk · 02-19-2004, 05:10 AM

Are you using a swap partition or a swap file?
For a swap file use:

/location/to/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0