Question : Permanent Swap File is not permanment!

hello Expert:
        I added swap file using commands below:
        1.cd /data2;mkfile 200000m tmpfile
        2.swap -a /data2/tmpfile
        3.vi /etc/vfstab
          adding " /data2/tmpfile/ - - swap - no -"
        4.swap -l
           That's show "swapfile             dev  swaplo blocks   free
                             /dev/dsk/c0t0d0s1   32,1      16 8392048 8392048
                             /data2/tmpfile        -       16 40959984 40959984"
        5.swap -s
           That 's show "total: 647304k bytes allocated + 138112k reserved = 785416k used,                 26810480k available"
        But when reboot the system,run "df -k",the result is "swap                 6247440      16 6247424     1%    /var/run
swap                 6262976   15552 6247424     1%    /tmp"
Why?
Thank your help.
lk235
24 Mon,2004

Answer : Permanent Swap File is not permanment!

After you reboot , can you do:

     swap -a /data2/tmpfile

     To reactive the addon swap?

    You OS patch level is low, consider to to apply the latest Solaris 8 Recommended Patch Cluster.

    PS: I can see the problem with your /var/adm/message file. If you can manually run
"swap -a /data2/tmpfile" to reative the addon swap. the work around is to use a startup
script to do the job, Here' s the one:

#!/sbin/sh
# script name: S99swap, put in /etc/rc2.d

/usr/sbin/swap -a /data2/tmpfile

exit
#End of script

If you use the about script, please remember to comment out the addon swap from
/etc/vfstab file.

You can try to apply the latest patches first, if the patches can fix the problem, you can
forget about the workaround, if not use the about script.