Swap partition

[roach]

On Sunday 18 December 2005 16:04, Umut Tabak wrote:
> I am new to ubuntu and linux os. I have created a swap partition(5 GB)
> while installing ubuntu for file exchange with windows.

I'm sorry, but you've competely misunderstood what a swap partition is for. 
It's also too big.

> The problem is
> that I can not find that partition in linux moreover I have a drive

That's normal behaviour, swap partitions don't show up.

> called sda2(the one linux is installed on is sda1 I guess ??) but when I
> try to open that(sda2) I receive a message that I do not have permission
> to view files. Could you please help me on this.
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Please show us your /etc/fstab file.

All the best.

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Robert "roach" Spencer
Pietermaritzburg
South Africa