Re: swap problems

[Bruce Smith <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Disk /dev/hdb: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 4092 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
> 
>    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hdb1   *         1      2642   1331536+  83  Linux
> /dev/hdb2          2643      3049    205128    5  Extended
> /dev/hdb6          2643      3049    205065   82  Linux swap
> 
> So I add /dev/hdb6 in fstab file under swap then did swapon -a and get:
> 
> swapon: /dev/hdb6: No such device
> 
> is this because my start and cylinders (or whatever) are the same for
> /dev/hdb2 and /dev/hdb6 and if so what do I do to reasolve that, and
> if not any suggestions.

Try formatting the swap partition and try "swapon" again:

  mkswap /dev/hdb6

*** Be careful you don't make a typo in your device file, or 
you will trash all the data in a perfectly good partition!!!
"mkswap" does not ask for confirmation, it just does it!

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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