Mini HOWTOS.

Once the system is installed do not forget to configure the priority of the swap spaces. If the priority is set correctly then all your swap spaces will be used as it they are stripped making it faster.

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To see the current swap space setup use the command :

The last column "Priority should be the same for all three areas or you will not see the performance gain. In /etc/fstab for the three swap mount lines replace the none with swap and add pri=1, to the sw. As in:-

You can stop and start the swap space with :-

I found this gem of information, but have lost the original link. I think it was from the Ubuntu formus. Thanks .

If you end up getting a corrupt swap space you can reinitialise it with the following:

You can also add a label so you can mount with something like this:

To use labels on swap partitions you need to turn off the swap area add the label and turn it back on

• Useful extra reading on Linux SWAP
• Mount Disks By Labels