On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 05:16:45AM -0400, Ishwar Rattan wrote: > > The system is a debian derivative. hdb2 is a primary > partition for Linux swap. /etc/fstab has the entry: > > /dev/hdb2 none swap sw 0 0 > > but top utility shows 0M swap, and attempt to make it active > with swapon (swapon -a) produces the error: > Try mkswap /dev/sdb2 _then_ swapon just in case the installer didn't actually make the swap file properly.
You could delete it and then explicitly remake it with fdisk. > swapon: /dev/hdb2: Invalid argument > > Any ideas? > > -ishwar > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
