> Hongwei Li wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just found that my fc3 system's swap partition is "gone". When I >> installed the system, I set it to 1Gb. The kernel is 2.6.10-1.766_FC3. >> I >> don't know when it started, but here are some information: >> >> # free >> total used free shared buffers >> cached >> Mem: 1035748 658792 376956 0 145380 >> 272540 >> -/+ buffers/cache: 240872 794876 >> Swap: 0 0 0 >> >> # cat /etc/fstab >> >> # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details >> LABEL=/1 / ext3 defaults >> 1 1 >> none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 >> 0 0 >> none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults >> 0 0 >> LABEL=/home1 /home ext3 >> defaults,usrquota >> 1 2 >> LABEL=/opt /opt ext3 defaults >> 1 2 >> none /proc proc defaults >> 0 0 >> none /sys sysfs defaults >> 0 0 >> LABEL=/tmp1 /tmp ext3 defaults >> 1 2 >> LABEL=/usr1 /usr ext3 defaults >> 1 2 >> LABEL=/var1 /var ext3 >> defaults,usrquota >> 1 2 >> LABEL=SWAP-hda7 swap swap defaults >> 0 0 >> ... >> >> I tried this: >> >> # swapon -a >> swapon: cannot find the device for LABEL=SWAP-hda7 > > Your swap partition probabliy doesn't have a label anymore, or it > doesn't exist anymore. > >> >> The system log does not show anything related to this problem. Can >> somebody tell me what may cause this problem? how to check it further >> and >> fix it? >> > > What is the output from fdisk -l (run by root)? > >> Thanks a lot! >> >> Hongwei Li >> > > Alex The output is: # fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 127 1020096 83 Linux /dev/hda2 128 2932 22531162+ 83 Linux /dev/hda3 2933 5737 22531162+ 83 Linux /dev/hda4 5738 9729 32065740 5 Extended /dev/hda5 5738 8542 22531131 83 Linux /dev/hda6 8543 9307 6144831 83 Linux /dev/hda7 9308 9562 2048256 82 Linux swap /dev/hda8 9563 9729 1341396 83 Linux Disk /dev/hdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155061 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System What should I do? Thanks! Hongwei