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James Miller wrote:
> 
> From the command line, type "pico /etc/fstab."  That 
> will open and editor that shows you the contents of your
> /etc/fstab file.  If you don't have an entry like
> ------------------------------------------
> /dev/hdxx  swap  swap  defaults       0 0
> ------------------------------------------

That is the way to activate the swap partition automatically
(at system startup).  However, before you do this, you should
make sure that the swap partition actually works.
----------------
swapon /dev/hdxx
----------------
If that doesn't activate the swap partition, there is no
point putting it in /etc/stab.

Cheers,
Steven