Re: Specify swap device priority in fstab?

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Wed, 5 Jun 2024, Brad Spencer wrote:

> Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost> writes:
>
> > Is it possible to do this?
> >
> > I have two swap files, and I want to designate one of them as also a
> > dump file.  I tried to put ``sw,dp,-p=50'' on the dump file entry but
> > ``swapctl -A'' still says it is using priority 0.
> >
> > I don't want swapping to overwrite a crash dump ...
>
> Do something like this (an example using a file as swap):
>
> /swap/swap.1    none            swap    sw,priority=2   0 0

Yup, that works, even when using ``sw,dp,priority=100'' (ie, the
dp portion can intervene and it still works).

Thanks - the obvious answer is the hardest to find!


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