swap device error

l0rddarkf0rce · 07-26-2007, 03:42 PM

My system just locked up and I got a message on the console that said

Quote:

Read-error on swap device (8:0:152266141)

Any ideas of what this means, what caused it, and how to fix it.

nakedlunch · 07-26-2007, 04:34 PM

I take it this has been a functioning system for some time, up until now? This is only my best guess, but it sounds like it might be a bad block on your hard disk. Have you tried scanning that partition?

l0rddarkf0rce · 07-26-2007, 04:56 PM

Yes the system has been running without any problems for about 2 months now. what should i use to scan the partition?

MS3FGX · 07-26-2007, 05:02 PM

You can use the -c option of mkswap to check for bad blocks.

So the full process would look something like:

Code:

sudo swapoff -a
sudo mkswap -c /dev/hdaX
sudo swapon -a

Substituting whatever your swap device is on the system.

l0rddarkf0rce · 07-27-2007, 08:12 AM

Thanks for the quick response.