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From: Iain Buchanan <iaindb@××××××××××××.au>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Screwed up swap while trying to get hibernate working; help
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:13:25
Message-Id: 490A85D1.8070205@netspace.net.au
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Screwed up swap while trying to get hibernate working; help by Walter Dnes
1 Walter Dnes wrote:
2 > I ran hibernate once unsuccessfully. I forgot to put "resume=" into
3 > my lilo.conf (oops). I finally did that, but now, hiberate gets to...
4 >
5 > hibernate: Running /usr/sbin/s2disk ...
6 > s2disk: Could not use the resume device (try swapon -a). Reason: No such device
7 >
8 > ...and backs out gracefully. According to "fdisk -l", swap is there...
9 >
10 >
11 > [d530][root][~] fdisk -l
12 >
13 > Disk /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
14 > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 60801 cylinders
15 > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
16 > Disk identifier: 0xd0000000
17 >
18 > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
19 > /dev/sda1 1 60801 488384001 5 Extended
20 > /dev/sda5 1 62 497952 83 Linux
21 > /dev/sda6 63 549 3911796 82 Linux swap / Solaris
22 > /dev/sda7 550 60801 483974158+ 83 Linux
23 >
24 > ...but according to swapon, it's not...
25 >
26 >
27 > [d530][root][~] swapon -a
28 > swapon: /dev/sda6: Invalid argument
29 >
30 >
31 > What did I did? And how do I straighten it out?
32
33 mkswap /dev/sda6
34 swapon /dev/sda6
35 ?
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39 --
40 Iain Buchanan <iaindb at netspace dot net dot au>
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43 They had to edit the first ending of 'Lone Wolf McQuade' after Chuck
44 Norris kicked David Carradine's ass, then proceeded to barbecue and eat
45 him.

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Re: [gentoo-user] Screwed up swap while trying to get hibernate working; help Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>