Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 6 Jul 2003 00:42:51 +0200 | Subject | Re: bsd disklabel and swap | From | Ducrot Bruno <> |
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On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 02:17:20PM +1000, Daniel Cavanagh wrote: > hi > > i'm having a problem with a bsd disklabel and swap. > my /dev/hda disk look like this > > partition 1: fat > partition 2: ext2 > partition 3: openbsd > > it is a standard bsd disklabel with a as root and b as swap. this means > that /dev/hda6 should be the swap partition. but "swapon /dev/hda6" > prints "swapon: /dev/hda6: Invalid argument". it also prints that for > any other valid partition. if i put this in /etc/fstab, on boot the > kernel will print "Unable to find swap-space signature" before swapon > prints the above message. but if i use /dev/hda3 instead, swapon will > accept it and add a 512Mb swap, which is the correct size. but it > appears that rather than writing at the start of the swap it starts > writing at the start of the openbsd partition so my root partition is > being corrupted. have i screwed or have you guys screwed up? > > im running slackware 9 (2.4.20) with a recompiled kernel. my .config is > attached if you need it. > > thanks, daniel >
By compiling with CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL, you actually have changed the /dev/hdaXX numbering scheme so that /dev/hda6 may be now one of your OpenBSD partition.
-- Ducrot Bruno
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