2010/7/6 Tang Jianwei <myhnet at gmail.com>: > I tried to create some swap files in /dev directory for my desktop. > the dd and mkswap were ok. but when I try to swapon it, i get this: > > # swapon /dev/myswap > swapon: /dev/myswap: Invalid argument > > but when I mv the file to some other directory like /mnt or /, the > swapon works. /dev/* is virtual directory containing all devices, not files. create your swap on disk devices (/dev/sdXX, not in "empty space) -- Eero, RHCE