On Sat, Oct 23, 2010 at 03:43:53PM -0400, gi1242+debianb...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Perhaps grub-probe thinks that my /dev/sdb1 is an Extended partition, >> rather than swap? > > I got the same set of warnings, and had the same issue (i.e. a partition > table residing in the mbr of my swap). I just recreated my swap and all > was fine: > > swapoff -a > mkswap -f /dev/sda2 # WARNING: Make sure the device name is correct. > # -f means "force". Wrong name = lost data. > > You have to use the "-f" flag, otherwise your old boot sector won't be > erased. On successful completion, you should get no warning message, and > mkswap should have printed a UUID. Edit your /etc/fstab and replace the > UUID of the old swap partition with the new one. Then run > > swapon -a > > and you're good to go. Oops. If you suspend to disk, then you need to update the swap UUID in /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume as well. Then run update-initramfs -k all -u update-grub # Probably not necessary and reboot. GI -- File not found. Should I fake it? (Y/N) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org