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What is the difference between swap entries in fstab?

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Mar 15, 20263489 views
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I've been looking around and seen two different things ways to declare swap in fstab. I've seen something like the line below: and What, if anything, is the difference?

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UUID=UUID-HERE none swap sw 0 0

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When the filesystem type is , neither of these options mean anything. In fact, the only option that makes sense is , specifying the swap space priority. Usually you don't need it and can just specify : (The mount point, as well as dump and pass fiel…

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