/etc/fstab file has gabage in it

TexasDevilDog · 10-09-2005, 11:35 PM

I have installed several times this weekend. I noticed that the /etc/fstab always has gabage in it. Always on the swap partition line, which cause the swapper to not work sometimes. Anyone else having that problem.

I already fixed it, but something like this.

Code:

# This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details
LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
/dev/devpts             /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
/dev/shm                /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
/dev/proc               /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
/dev/sys                /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
LABEL=#############################################swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
~

WhatsHisName · 10-10-2005, 12:50 AM

This type of fstab problem is posted frequently (example: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla....cgi?id=161780 ), but I haven't seen an explanation of why it happens.

But it's easy to fix by replacing the LABEL=... garbage with the actual device (e.g., /dev/hda1).

When in doubt as to the device to use, run:

fdisk -l

and identify the partition(s) labeled “swap”.