Ioannis Vranos wrote:
> OS: Ubuntu 7.10 x86.
>
>
> During installation I had created a partition named /hdc1 for swap, but
> Ubuntu is not using it:
>
>
> john@(protected)
> Filesystem        Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hdc3         292G  13G 265G  5% /
> varrun           506M 132K 506M  1% /var/run
> varlock          506M   0 506M  0% /var/lock
> udev            506M 104K 506M  1% /dev
> devshm           506M   0 506M  0% /dev/shm
> lrm             506M  34M 472M  7%
> /lib/modules/2.6.22-14-generic/volatile
> /dev/hdc2         942M  35M 860M  4% /boot
> john@(protected):~$
>
>
>
> root@(protected)
>
> The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 38913.
> There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
>   (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hdc: 320.0 GB, 320072933376 bytes
> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
> Disk identifier: 0x99999999
>
>   Device Boot    Start      End    Blocks  Id System
> /dev/hdc1       38793     38913    971932+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
> /dev/hdc2  *       1      122    979933+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hdc3         123     38792  310616775  83 Linux
>
> Partition table entries are not in disk order
>
> Command (m for help):
>
>
>
> Any ideas on how to make Ubuntu use it?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ioannis
>

What does free tell you? The swap partition shows up under memory usage
not disk usage.

Bob McConnell
N2SPP

--
ubuntu-users mailing list
ubuntu-users@(protected)
Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users