Sorry for the delay.

On Sat, 12 Apr 2003, David Friggens wrote:

> > I don't know what to say.  I would have thought that NetBSD would do
> > what you tell it in /etc/fstab.  Maybe the fact that there *is* a
> > *different* partition that comes up as "b" in NetBSD somehow take
> > precedence over the fact that you told it to swap on the "e"
> > partition?
>
> Sorry to confuse. I should have been clearer before in my last email.
>
> root and swap were wd0b and wd0e but I've repartitioned and reinstalled,
> so now they show up as wd0a and wd0b
>
> I've now got
>
>    /dev/wd0b none swap sw 0 0
>
> in /etc/fstab but I still get the following on bootup:
>
>    swapctl: /dev/wd0b: Device not configured
>    ...
>    /etc/rc: WARNING: No swap space configured!

I think the problem is that the partition is not coming up as of type
swap. Use the pdisk program to change it (don't try to write a disklabel).

Take care,

Bill