also if that doesn't work, post the output from dmesg On 7/28/07, James Attard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > but have you done a mkswap before activating the swap partition?? mkswap > /dev/md1 > > On 7/28/07, Anton Xuereb <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Just to summarize a bit, so maybe someone gets an idea what is > > happening. > > > > > > We currently have a raid device, /dev/md1, that is partitioned as swap > > space. However the problem is that we cannot get it online to be used as > > swap..the following is /etc/fstab > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ cat /etc/fstab > > # /etc/fstab: static file system information. > > # > > # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> > > proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/md2 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro > > 0 0 > > /dev/md0 /boot ext3 defaults 0 2 > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol06 /mirror ext3 defaults > > 0 0 > > /dev/md1 none swap sw 0 0 > > /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 > > > > > > /dev/md1 was commented out and i removed the comment however after doing > > a sudo mount -a, it didnt come up > > > > > > the current mounted partitions are: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ mount > > /dev/md2 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) > > proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) > > /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) > > varrun on /var/run type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=0755) > > varlock on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,mode=1777) > > procbususb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) > > udev on /dev type tmpfs (rw,mode=0755) > > devshm on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) > > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) > > /dev/md0 on /boot type ext3 (rw) > > /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol06 on /mirror type ext3 (rw) > > > > > > right after a mount -a. i did in hopes of changing something i did a > > swapon -a > > > > the result was: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo swapon -a > > swapon: /dev/md1: Invalid argument > > > > > > Now this is a plea for help for anyone who might have any ideas...we > > sorely need to fix this prob as as soon as someone visits the site, the > > amount of ram gets dangerously low. > > > > > > > > An idea would be to restart the server and see if the partition is > > mounted properly at boot time, however we might risk bricking the server and > > thus we would need to revisit the NOC to fix the problem...Not something > > many of us feel like doing or have the time to right now > > > > > > SO..Any ideas?? > > > > M > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MLUG-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mailserv.megabyte.net/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > > > > > > > -- > http://www.jamesattard.com
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