Unable to resume device

tekmann33 · 04-23-2008, 01:10 PM

I have a Fedora 8 machine that I manually partitioned and upon bootup, after it loads the kernel, I get a message that says:

"Unable to access resume device (Label=SWAP-sda5)"

I have followed the forums that suggest possible fixes regarding the initrd file.

Can anyone give me a definition of what they meen by "resume device"?

jei · 04-23-2008, 01:22 PM

try this.

mkswap -L SWAP-sda5 /dev/sda5

I have seen fedora go through some issues when manually partitioning the drive. This will rename the partition so fedora can see it correctly.
If not let us know.

tekmann33 · 04-23-2008, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jei

try this.

mkswap -L SWAP-sda5 /dev/sda5

I have seen fedora go through some issues when manually partitioning the drive. This will rename the partition so fedora can see it correctly.
If not let us know.

Before I try that, I am curious about something. When I look at my fstab file, I see the partition 5 swap:

Code:

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3    defaults        1 1
LABEL=/var              /var                    ext3    defaults        1 2
LABEL=/boot             /boot                   ext3    defaults        1 2
tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs   defaults        0 0
devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts  gid=5,mode=620  0 0
sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs   defaults        0 0
proc                    /proc                   proc    defaults        0 0
LABEL=SWAP-sda5         swap                    swap    defaults        0 0
/etc/fstab (END)

However, when I look at my partitions with fdisk:

Code:

[root@proxy ezproxy_cs]# /sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/sda: 145.9 GB, 145999527936 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 17750 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000cb738

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1   *           1          64      514048+  83  Linux
/dev/sda2              65       12333    98550742+  83  Linux
/dev/sda3           12334       16157    30716280   83  Linux
/dev/sda4           16158       17738    12699382+  82  Linux swap / Solaris
[root@proxy ezproxy_cs]#

I see the swap file on sda4. Is this part of my problem? Is it just a labeling issue?

jei · 04-23-2008, 02:30 PM

Looks like a problem with partitions.

mkswap -L SWAP-sda4 /dev/sda4

Maybe. I say maybe because I am not sure how sda5 was even their.

tekmann33 · 04-23-2008, 03:04 PM

I am looking at this thread. Towards the end, it is suggested to make certain modification to the initrd file.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=111565

jei · 04-23-2008, 03:10 PM

That thread has a lot of useful info, I'd say try those steps and see what the result is. At worst you could do a recovery install or upgrade install.

tekmann33 · 04-23-2008, 04:39 PM

When I follow the directions in the above mentioned thread:

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=111565

and when I take a look at the "init" file, I see a line that reads "resume LABEL=SWAP-sda5"

What exactly does the "resume" command do?