HD Install :: need ehlp with partitioning and harddrive instal

Try

swapon -a

if you don't know the location of your swap partition.

You can specify it if you know it. For example, if your swap partition was on partition #2 of your first IDE master drive, you could specifically activate it with:

swapon /dev/hda2

when i type in:

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swapon/dev/hda2

its says no such directory found, and i have already created and written the partition?

I think I typed
mkswap /dev/hda2
then
swapon
assuming you are on the first drive hda with hda1 a file system and hda2 the swap
you may need to add the -a as suggested and you may need a space between swapon and /

Yes,

there is a space between the "swapon" and the "/dev/hda2"

i tried the mk sawp and it workd, and then i did what u said and and rebooted it then right clicked, then tools then install to hardrive. I then answered all the questions on the install thing, and after it installs it ejectst the cd and says reboot. I then take the cd out close the cd drive and reboot, but i dont get anything dsl dosent load.

i have two questions:

when i am installing it and it says to pick a partition o picked the bigger partition not the swap partition, was that right?

could the reseon that it wont start once installed be because my computer is ste to start off the cd drive (i think) and not the hard drive? and if so how do i change it to boot of the hard drive?

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