[wellylug] On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:41:33 +1200, you wrote:,,>This technically challenged new Linux user needs a competent geek to=20,>give at home help with:,>,>a) restoring a trashed swap space,>,How did it get trashed???,,Cheers,,,Cliff

[Nick Jensen]

>I truly don't know. I'm running a dual-boot with Win2k and Suse. 400Mhz 
>processor and 128kRam. Windows runs fine, but Suse has always been a little 
>slow. (I understand from various comments that Suse needs a lot of ram to 
>run well, so want to add some.) But last time I tried to use Linux, it 
>couldn't detect the swap space. I think I must've done summat stoopid, 
>but.....being the rank beginner that I am, I can't even begin to guess. :(

Hi Alison, Win2k will probably use a lot more memory than Suse - the reason 
it is running slow is because it doesn't know where the swap space is. If 
you look in the file /etc/fstab you'll be able to see which partition is set 
up as swap - if none is there you'll have to add it in, just copy the format 
of the other partitions listed there.
If this is a big ask, you could email the /etc/fstab file to the list, and 
someone should be able to edit it and send it back.

   Nick

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