swap partition not being mounted

jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 02:28 AM

Yeah it was 512mb, the 32mb partition i believe is some dell thing, im not 100% on that either though

MasterC · 02-15-2003, 02:30 AM

Sounds good to me then, go for the idea to make swap, then edit your fstab back to your swap partition.

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MasterC · 02-15-2003, 02:33 AM

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Originally posted by Palin
ok if you are shure that is/was your swap partition then you probably want to run
mkswap /dev/hda1

I would mount the partion first to see whats on it to make sure
incase you needed it

mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/<mount point> assuming its a FAT partition.

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jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 02:34 AM

ok i did mkswap ill reboot and see how it goes

jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 02:39 AM

hmm, it still shows the error message and its still fat16 in fdisk, what exactly should i be changing my fstab back to?

Palin · 02-15-2003, 02:41 AM

The problem is that the swap space needs to be a certain fs otherwise it won't work properly. How comfortable are you with fdisk? though give me a few to look up using a swap file might be able to go that route if you want.

Palin · 02-15-2003, 02:43 AM

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Nice call! Ever think about signing up for Affero? Here's a link to a thread on more info:
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I was going to "Affero" you, but I noticed you weren't signed up. If you don't want to, that's cool; but nice catch

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Ok I signed up for allero seemed like a good idea. The only reason I knew anything about his problem was because I just recently install Gentoo which has given me a better understanding of linux in general.

jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 02:47 AM

well im comfortable with fdisk in windows if its similar i might be able to figure it out, but im a complete newbie so if you could help me out that would be great hehe

Palin · 02-15-2003, 02:52 AM

welp what i had in mind is that you delete the partition and then recreate it you just need to know whether it was a primary partition or an extended. then run mkswap. on it

cfdisk might work better for you

jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 02:58 AM

i dont really know what cfdisk is, and i looked at the manual entry for fdisk and that didnt really give me much of a better understanding of how to use it.

Palin · 02-15-2003, 03:00 AM

Its another fdisk like program but its much easier to use. type it in as root and see if you have it.

jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 03:01 AM

nope dont have it

Palin · 02-15-2003, 03:04 AM

unfortunately I have to crash since its 4 am where i am.

here is what i suggest.
you can look around for cfdisk http://sourceforge.net is pretty good for stuff.

remove the partition
recreate the partition
mkswap /dev/hda1

this will hopefully make the swap file work again.

jclark00001 · 02-15-2003, 03:07 AM

yeah its 4am here, im going to bed too, that can be a project for tomorrow, thanks a lot for all your help, much appreciated