> > swapoff -a turnes off only partitions/files that are listed as swap in
> > fstab.
> >
> > The solution is to either swapoff each file individually in rc.0 or to add
> > them to fstab. The latter solution will give some (harmless) errors if the
> > swapfiles are not on the root filesystem.
>
> Well wouldn't it make sense to have "swapoff -a" affect ALL swap areas?
I don't think so. swapon -a means "swap on all swap areas mentioned in
/etc/fstab", so swapoff -a should mean "stop swapping on the areas
mentioned in /etc/fstab". If you add swap areas manually, why can't you
remove them manually? Why would you even *want* swapoff -a to remove a
swap area swapon -a hasn't added?
Johan Myreen
jem@iki.fi