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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2002 10:09 pm    Post subject: initialize filesystems Reply with quote

i read the doc and searched the forum, but it seems, no one has had my sort of problem/question.

when initializing filesystems, as in chapter 6 of the installation guide, it is not clear to me: after marking the 2nd partition as swap ("mkswap /dev/hda2"), do i have to create a filesystem for the 2nd partition?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2002 10:13 pm    Post subject: Re: initialize filesystems Reply with quote

Guest wrote:
after marking the 2nd partition as swap ("mkswap /dev/hda2"), do i have to create a filesystem for the 2nd partition?

You just did. :)

The mkswap command is the equivalent of mkfs for swap partitions.
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 26, 2002 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes and No. Yes because you did create a file system when you used the command
Code:
mkswap /dev/hda2
. No because you already made a swap file system on /dev/hda2. Next the thing you need to do to your swap space to make it usable is 'mount' it--but this is also different from a normal file system/partition-- for this you use the
Code:
swapon /dev/hda2
command which is later referenced in the proper place in the build document.

Hope that helps!

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