[PLUG] no more /dev/hda6

[Mike De La Mater]

On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 14:42, Derek Loree wrote:
> No need for such a tool:
> 
> swapoff /dev/hda6
> mkswap /dev/hda6
> swapon /dev/hda6
> 
> will reset a swap file system, but only if /dev/hda6 can be found.
> 

That was the trick. top now reports swap usage.

I poked around in fdisk to be certain that the partition was actually
there, first. 

I hadn't seen this before, it was a little freaky.

Mike