Ubuntu not using the swap partition

[Ioannis Vranos]

Derek Broughton wrote:
>>
>> Well, previously I used CentOS & Scientific Linux, and "df" showed the
>> swap partition there. It looks like this isn't the case with Ubuntu Linux.
> 
> I don't think so:
> 
> [derek at nautilus ~]$ cat /etc/issue
> CentOS release 4.6 (Final)
> Kernel \r on an \m
> 
> [derek at nautilus ~]$ df
> Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/md0              20161084  13561020   5575928  71% /
> none                   2537828         0   2537828   0% /dev/shm
> /dev/md2             218130980  27003928 180046624  14% /home
> 
> As somebody else pointed out, since swap isn't a filesystem, it shouldn't
> appear in df - even in CentOS.
> 
> As long as you have an entry in /etc/fstab like:
>   <SOMETHING> none swap sw 0 0
> you're fine.  <SOMETHING> will probably be a UUID= string, as it was created
> by the installer, but could just as easily be /dev/hdc1 


As I said, this was the case with my SL 5.x/CentOS 5.x x86
installations. I do not remember for sure regarding my previous SL 4.x
x86 installation.