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Re: Housekeeping questions

#20825
From: Richard Owlett
Date: Wed, 07 Feb 2024 12:36
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On 02/07/2024 09:30 AM, Dan Purgert wrote:
> On 2024-02-07, Richard Owlett wrote:
>> System description
>>     1. Dell Latitude E6410
>>     2. Grub 2.04-20	[label displayed above boot menu]
>>           Debian Bullseye [11.1] on SDA1
>>           Debian Stretch  [9.13] on SDA7 - my day-to-day system
>>     3. 13 GB swap space available at sda5
>>
>> Questions
>>
>> When I boot to Stretch, error/warning messages go by to fast to read.
>> Can they be retrieved after system is running?
>
> Should be in /var/log/boot or dmesg.  I can't remember if stretch uses
> systemd, but if it does, you'll likely need some invocation of
> journalctl (but I don't have a system to verify a quick google search,
> so don't want to lead too far astray)
>
>>
>> How do I automatically enable swap when booting?
>
> have an entry in /etc/fstab to load the swap.
>
>      UUID=[THE_UUID]  none  swap sw  0 0
>
> or with your /dev/sda5
>
>      /dev/sda5  none  swap  0  0
>
>

The last line works fine.
Was an obsolete entry of "UUID=[THE_UUID]  none  swap sw  0 0" form.
Now boots *FASTER* and without any error/warning messages ;}!
Thanks.

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