On Wed, Feb 09, 2000 at 11:34:40AM +1030, Tim Peters wrote:
> >How many swap do you have ?
> 
> During the setup I choose to add 25M of swap at /dev/wd0b.
> So I guess I should ask; is "swapctl -a" the only command needed
> to use this swap space? I ask because with Linux I had to use
> "mkswap" first.

swapctl -a will not work in this context (need a fstab entry).
you need 'swapctl /dev/wd0b'

> No, there is nothing, just a complete lock up.
> 
> I'm a little confused since I can write fine to both disks, until
> I try to untar. Although it might be something to do with the two
> disks being active at the same time, since copying files from one
> disk to another causes the same lock-up. perhaps the hardware is
> too old and too flakey.

Are the two disk on the same controller ?

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