Swap partition failure!!!

Rex_chaos · 09-06-2001, 12:11 PM

Hello all,
It reports the hd5 failure when I start linux. How can I fix it ? Must I recreate a swap partition? How? Can linux work without swap partition?

trickykid · 09-06-2001, 04:03 PM

well, you should be able to use fdisk to format or recreate a swap space partition, and if can get into linux, either rescue disk or whatever, you can make a temporary swap space with the mkswap command, or you can also use this command to create personal swap spaces for users...etc....

Rex_chaos · 09-09-2001, 11:39 AM

hello,
If I create the swap parition myself after installed linux. Should I re-mount it myself and how?

linuxcool · 09-09-2001, 11:11 PM

Add a line to your /etc/fstab file that looks like this:

/dev/hdXY swap swap defaults 0 0

Replace the X and Y with the correct partition information. After you do this, then run the command swapon -a. This will activate your swap partition.