On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 22:59 +0900, Dave Gutteridge wrote: > Thank you for the advice. With a little tweaking, my partitions now look > like this: > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hdb1 * 1 3644 29270398+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdb2 3645 3737 747022+ 82 Linux swap > Will Linux automatically start using that as a swap, or do I have to > do something to mount it or in any way initiate it's use? mkswap /dev/hdb2 swapon /dev/hdb2 And add this to your /etc/fstab: /dev/hdb2 swap swap defaults 0 0 -- Bryan P.S. I hope /dev/hdb2 isn't a slave ATA device? Or is it an SATA device? -- Bryan J. Smith b.j.smith at ieee.org http://thebs413.blogspot.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The best things in life are NOT free - which is why life is easiest if you save all the bills until you can share them with the perfect woman