enabling swap space

[thejayjay]

i am attempting to install redhat 6.0 on an old 486 sx, i have had problems finding distros that will allow me to install. the machine only has 8 mb of ram and no coproc so a lot of the newer distros whine that their is no emulation present.

i have gotten 6.0 to boot just fine, but i run out of ram. i used a rescue disk to make /dev/hda2 a linux swap drive, is there anyway to pass a parameter at the

boot:

prompt to make it mount and utilize that swap space?

[mdwatts]

swapon /dev/hda2

Add

/dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0

to /etc/fstab

[thejayjay]

hrmn, maybe there is no way to get it to drop to a prompt before running the installation script? all i want the installer / boot sequence to realize is that it NEEDS to use teh swap space, i can't get to a prompt to run the swapon command

[mdwatts]

Just add to fstab and the next time you boot it should be activated.

Use

free

to display memory and swap usage.