According to Mike Long:
>
>
>>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 1996 02:45:02 +0200
>>From: Frederic Cirera <fred@warka.ai.univ-paris8.fr>
>
>>bash# swapon /dev/sd1b
>>swapon: /dev/sd1b: device not configured
>>
>>
>>#        size   offset    fstype   [fsize bsize   cpg]
>>  a:   762048        0    4.2BSD     1024  8192    16   # (Cyl.    0 - 1322)
>>  b:    61056   762048      swap                        # (Cyl. 1323 - 1428)
>>  c:   823104        0   unknown                        # (Cyl.    0 - 1428)
>
>You need to add your swap partitions to /etc/fstab:
>
>/dev/sd1b	none	swap	sw
>
>See fstab(5).
>

Only if you want the swap added on boot up.  You do not need the line
in the fstab to make the swapon command work!

-- 
Brett Lymn, Computer Systems Administrator, AWA Defence Industries
===============================================================================
  "Upgrading your memory gives you MORE RAM!" - ad in MacWAREHOUSE catalogue.