On Sat, 05 Sep 2009 10:57:32 +0200 Matthias Huber <[email protected]> wrote:
> Greg Bonett schrieb: > > Hi there, > > I just installed SHR unstable and I'm impressed at how usable and > > responsive it is. However, while I was performing a opkg operation > > I ran out of memory so I tried to add a swap file. > > When following the instructions at: > > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/SHR_User_Manual#SwapSpace > > I get the error: > > "swapon: /swapfile: Invalid argument" > > and dmesg shows: > > "swapon: swapfile has holes" > > > > I've tried files on the sd card and also on the internal memory. > > Any suggestions? > > > > > i could imagine, it must be at one extent, so you should try two > things: > > * format your sdcard and make the swapfile on the newly created fs. > *** but if you are formatting the card, you can make a real swap > _partition_ also. > I ended up making a swap partition and it seems to be working without any problems. Thanks for the help. -Greg _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
