420 wont mount swap partition? (solved)
420 wont mount swap partition? (solved)
so far i have tried making it both primary and extended either way using linux swap as file type.either way it wont mount it.
I keep thinking im doing something wrong.
oh this is a full install the size of the swap is 2 gig.
sda1 puppy 420 deeper thought
sda2 windows
sda3 swap file
I keep thinking im doing something wrong.
oh this is a full install the size of the swap is 2 gig.
sda1 puppy 420 deeper thought
sda2 windows
sda3 swap file
Last edited by buford on Fri 05 Jun 2009, 02:31, edited 1 time in total.
buford;
If you made a swap partition it is mounted at boot; it does not
have an icon on desktop. You can see it by running g-parted
or typing "free" in console.
A swap file is not a swap partition.
2 gb of swap is rather large.
If you made a swap partition it is mounted at boot; it does not
have an icon on desktop. You can see it by running g-parted
or typing "free" in console.
A swap file is not a swap partition.
2 gb of swap is rather large.
Inspiron 700m, Pent.M 1.6Ghz, 1Gb ram.
Msi Wind U100, N270 1.6>2.0Ghz, 1.5Gb ram.
Eeepc 8g 701, 900Mhz, 1Gb ram.
Full installs
If it says it failed that means it thought sda3 was a swapbuford wrote:at boot is says something like
mounting linux swap file sda3 failed
and gparted says its unknown partition.no matter how many times i redo it
partition, which means the ID is 0x82, but that doesn't
mean it is formatted.
If you are sure sda3 is a swap partition then format it by
yourself.
Using the command line.
Verify the ID value with fdisk -l (lowcase L)
If 0x82 it reads as decimal 82
If 82, then mkswap /dev/sda3 and yes any data on sda3
and only on sda3 will be lost, so no mistakes are allowed
on your part.
Then sync
Then swapon /dev/sda3
Then if errors on activating it, report back what they
were.
Your 2GB swap device is too big I think. But I didn't think it
would be a problem or even that it is a problem. But
obviously there is a problem.
Would be interested in knowing how much RAM because
the combination of a big swap partition plus a lot of RAM
might be a problem.
Here is your swapon help which only needs the DEVICE
name as the argument, although there are some other
options.
would be a problem or even that it is a problem. But
obviously there is a problem.
Would be interested in knowing how much RAM because
the combination of a big swap partition plus a lot of RAM
might be a problem.
Here is your swapon help which only needs the DEVICE
name as the argument, although there are some other
options.
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BusyBox v1.13.3 (2009-03-19 17:52:06 GMT-8) multi-call binary
Usage: swapon [-a] [-p pri] [DEVICE]
Start swapping on DEVICE
Options:
-a Start swapping on all swap devices
-p pri Set swap device priority
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Hello,
Successfully did a full install of Precise Puppy 5.5 but I can't seem to get my swap working. It fails on boot, but when I try to reformat the partition, I get this message in full, emphasis below:
GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Format /dev/sda2 as linux-swap 00:00:01 ( ERROR )
calibrate /dev/sda2 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sda2
start: 484,202,496
end: 486,299,647
size: 2,097,152 (1.00 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sda2 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: linux-swap(v1)
create new linux-swap file system 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
mkswap -L "" /dev/sda2
mkswap: /lib/libblkid.so.1: version `BLKID_2.21' not found (required by mkswap)
Is a dependency missing? Or am I doing something wrong?
Strangely, I tried the mkswap command and got the same italicized message.
Hello,
Successfully did a full install of Precise Puppy 5.5 but I can't seem to get my swap working. It fails on boot, but when I try to reformat the partition, I get this message in full, emphasis below:
GParted 0.11.0 --enable-libparted-dmraid
Libparted 2.3
Format /dev/sda2 as linux-swap 00:00:01 ( ERROR )
calibrate /dev/sda2 00:00:00 ( SUCCESS )
path: /dev/sda2
start: 484,202,496
end: 486,299,647
size: 2,097,152 (1.00 GiB)
set partition type on /dev/sda2 00:00:01 ( SUCCESS )
new partition type: linux-swap(v1)
create new linux-swap file system 00:00:00 ( ERROR )
mkswap -L "" /dev/sda2
mkswap: /lib/libblkid.so.1: version `BLKID_2.21' not found (required by mkswap)
Is a dependency missing? Or am I doing something wrong?
Strangely, I tried the mkswap command and got the same italicized message.