On Friday 09 May 2008 06:38:50 am Derek Broughton wrote:
> Pastor JW wrote:

> So then you should be able to simply change the lines in /etc/fstab:
>
> # /dev/sda5
> UUID=52810d5c-61ab-4942-afa2-9e6e953f839d none swap   sw 0 0
>
> to
> /dev/sda5 none swap   sw 0 0
>
> (use sudo to edit it if you want to use a non-GUI editor like nano, or
> kdesudo to edit it in a gui like kate)

I got it done last night, I didn't know about kdesudo but I used "Run Command"
and ran kate as root. I read over your previous instructions several times
and ended up with exactly the above line! Actually, I stuck the UUID line
which was there in a comment so I could go back if it didn't work.

> Finally, "sudo swapon -a" should turn on your swap.

Did that and and it showed up in "System settings" "Disk&File systems" as
enabled. Thank you Derek for all your help.

> > I'm pretty poor at complaining, usually I get to listen to them not make
> > them!! ;)
>
> Ah! I suppose that's one of the hazards of your job.

:) :) Thanks again for all your help!


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