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Hi, I'm running Slackware 12.0 and this is my fstab:

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aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 # AutoUpdate

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660 auto,users,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 #AtoUpdate

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate

/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 swap defaults # Autoupdate

/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate



/dev/sdb /mnt/sdb vfat auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 vfat auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ntfs auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,ro 0 0 # AutoUpdate

When booting or shuting down it tells me:

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fstab: line 8 is bad

but I can't find why

Thanks to those who lose 1 second with this

That's because line 8 is your swap partition. It should look more like this...

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/dev/sda2  swap    swap defaults                        0 0 # Autoupdate

/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate

Think it need a simple change

nvm Chromezero got it first lol.

Swap space is not mounted or used like other mounted file systems.

Try changing your line 8 to:

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/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0

On one hand I tried

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/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 # Autoupdate

but still getting the same error. On the other hand , does

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/dev/sda2 none swap defaults 0 0 # Autoupdate

allow me to use the swap space?

As mentioned your swap is not really mounted as a drive. Here is a print out from my fstab.

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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.

#

# <file system> <mount point>  <type>  <options>      <dump>  <pass>

proc            /proc          proc    defaults        0      0

/dev/hda1      /              ext3    defaults,errors=remount-ro 0      1

/dev/hda5      none            swap    sw              0      0

/dev/hdc        /media/cdrom0  udf,iso9660 user,noauto    0      0

/dev/hdd        /media/cdrom1  udf,iso9660 user,noauto    0      0

/dev/fd0        /media/floppy0  auto    rw,user,noauto  0      0

/dev/hdb1      /usr            ext3    defaults        0      0

/dev/sda1      /media/backup  ext3    defaults        0      0

Tried both (swap and none) and the problem remains the same

Could you post your fstab? It will help us alot better.

Just to double check, is /dev/sda2 formatted as a swap partition? If it's formatted as ext3, it can't be used as a swap partition. You should be able to use fdisk to take a look.

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fdisk /dev/sda

Then hit p to print the partition scheme to screen. Then q to quit.

When I posted for 1st time this was my fstab:

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Morphy rc.d # cat /etc/fstab

aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 # AutoUpdate

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660 auto,users,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate

/dev/sda2 /mnt/sda2 swap sw # Autoupdate

/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate



/dev/sdb /mnt/sdb vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ntfs noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,ro 0 0 # AutoUpdate

After that:

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Morphy rc.d # cat /etc/fstab

aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 # AutoUpdate

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660 auto,users,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate

/dev/sda2 swap swap sw # Autoupdate

/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate



/dev/sdb /mnt/sdb vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ntfs noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,ro 0 0 # AutoUpdate

And finally

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Morphy rc.d # cat /etc/fstab

aufs / aufs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 # AutoUpdate

proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/hda /mnt/hda iso9660 auto,users,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda1 /mnt/sda1 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate

/dev/sda2 none swap sw # Autoupdate

/dev/sda3 /mnt/sda3 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sda4 /mnt/sda4 ext3 auto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec 0 0 # Autoupdate



/dev/sdb /mnt/sdb vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb2 /mnt/sdb2 vfat noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed 0 0 # AutoUpdate

/dev/sdb1 /mnt/sdb1 ntfs noauto,noatime,users,suid,dev,exec,ro 0 0 # AutoUpdate

It is a swap partition but here's fdisk

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Morphy rc.d # fdisk /dev/sda



Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes

255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes



  Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/sda1  *          1          25      200781  83  Linux

/dev/sda2              26        150    1004062+  82  Linux swap

/dev/sda3            151        6838    53721360  83  Linux

/dev/sda4            6839      19457  101362117+  83  Linux

Is there some reason that you are not putting the 0 0 at the end of your swap line as follows?

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/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0 # Autoupdate

Each line in fstab (but comments) has 6 (no more, no less, I mean really "six") fields. "man fstab" will give you the details if you are interested. The line that AurocaCA posted is the right one, assuming that sda2 is the right partition. Swap partitions are not mounted, so the mount point is "none" and that's how it should remain. Type swap, options "sw" are the standard for swap partitions. The other two fields can be "0 0", but that doesn't meant that they can be ignored. They must be there. So fix your fstab and all should be fine.

Again, I really advise you to read the fstab man page, you will save yourself a lot of trouble.