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kilolima

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Registered: 2008-01-26

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SWAP partition error on boot

Hi,

I noticed that during boot that for the line 'enabling swap' or something I am getting a 'failed' error.  I'm not sure why or how, but could this be the reason that hibernate doesn't work?

What do I need to do to fix this?  Reformat the swap partition?  How can I do that safely?!

cheers,

kilolima

Last edited by kilolima (2008-05-01 02:04:23)

tigrmesh

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Registered: 2007-12-11

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Re: SWAP partition error on boot

Would you type dmesg at a command prompt and then post the relevant line(s) here?

bender02

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Registered: 2007-02-04

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Re: SWAP partition error on boot

If you had a failed hibernate attempt, the remains of that attempt are probably all over your swap partition. To manually make it usable for swap again, do 'mkswap <device>', then 'swapon -a' as root. To see if the swap is being used, type 'free'.

DkSoul

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Registered: 2005-11-24

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Re: SWAP partition error on boot

This might help: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=44554

kilolima

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Registered: 2008-01-26

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Re: SWAP partition error on boot

Hi all, thanks for the responses, but I just blew up my arch install by accidentally wiping /boot and now have to deal with that problem!

ahh, the joys of linux... (and user ERROR)