On 7/28/19 2:11 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
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.
Now that is obvious once someone else points it out.
Thanks!