Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc

> How can I format a linux swap partition for linux to use?
>
> I found that one of my swap linux is not functioning (is it so?):
>
> $ cat /proc/swaps
> Filename                   Type            Size    Used    Priority
> /dev/hda1                       partition       514040  2344    -1
> /dev/hdb1                       partition       514040  0       -2

It _is_ formatted; otherwise it would be rejected by swapon(8), and not show up in /proc/swaps. It has a lower priority than /dev/hda1, and will not be used until /dev/hda1 is filled up.

Paul Kimoto