try (after you "su -") # mkswap /dev/hda7 # swapon /dev/hda7 # swapon -s Originally, the fstab was pointing to the wrong partition for the swap. Since you changed it, the commands above will format the partition as swap and mount it. the last command will tell you if it mounted correctly. Steven On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 14:52:47 +0100, Duncan Lithgow <duncan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Paul Howarth wrote: > > > The "-" parameter makes su run as a login shell, so it sets up the > > environment as if you had logged in as root, including adding /sbin > > and /usr/sbin to the PATH environment variable. > > > Thanks > > >> It didn't help though. I get > >> > >>> [root@3e6b347a dulithgow]# su - > >>> [root@3e6b347a ~]# swapon -s > >>> [root@3e6b347a ~]# mkswap /dev/hda6 > >>> /dev/hda6: No such file or directory > >>> [root@3e6b347a ~]# > >> > > > > Your swap partition is probably somewhere else then. What's the output > > of "fdisk -l /dev/hda"? > > > > Paul. > > > and here goes: > [root@3e6b347a ~]# fdisk -l > > Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 1913 15366141 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 1914 14593 101852100 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 1920 12762 87096366 b W95 FAT32 > /dev/hda6 12763 12788 208813+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 12789 12853 522081 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda8 13653 14593 7558551 83 Linux > [root@3e6b347a ~]# mkswap /dev/hda7 > /dev/hda7: No such file or directory > [root@3e6b347a ~]# swapon > usage: swapon [-hV] > swapon -a [-e] [-v] > swapon [-v] [-p priority] special|LABEL=volume_name ... > swapon [-s] > [root@3e6b347a ~]# swapon -a > swapon: cannot stat /dev/hda6: No such file or directory > [root@3e6b347a ~]# > > So somewhere the system has read fstab and been told that hda6 is swap - > but it ain't! > I edit and save fstab but that doesn't help, I logout and in again - > fstab still has my changes but still doesn't make any difference. Still says > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 1913 15366141 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 1914 14593 101852100 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 1920 12762 87096366 b W95 FAT32 > /dev/hda6 12763 12788 208813+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 12789 12853 522081 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda8 13653 14593 7558551 83 Linux > [root@3e6b347a ~]# > [root@3e6b347a ~]# swapon -a > swapon: cannot stat /dev/hda7: No such file or directory
