On 7/27/19 10:51 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
On 7/28/19 11:37 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> The instructions I saw was to add (or replace?) with
>
> /mnt/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0
>
> Couple questions. When I ran mkswap:
>
> # mkswap /mnt/swapfile
> Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 8 GiB (8589930496 bytes)
> no label, UUID=ad2c6856-023a-4fbe-97f9-594d260c85de
>
> Should I use the file name or the UUID in fstab?
Either one will be fine. FWIW, you may be more likely to remember what you've done
if you
use the file name. :-)
You can't use the UUID because it won't be found. You can only use the
UUID on devices that can be auto-detected.