RE: [SLUG] Error enabling swap device

From: wchast@utilpart.com
Date: Wed Feb 25 2004 - 01:49:38 EST


I dropped to the shell, on console 4 is where I see
the interesting stuff. I am trying to figure out how
I can capture that to a file say on a floppy or a CF
card so I can send it to you. I see what look like
line after line of;
cdrom_decode_status: status=0x51 {DriveReady SeekComplete Error}
cdrom_decode_status: error=0x34Aborted Command LastFailSense 0x03
these two lines alternate 4 times.
I see one line;
ATAPI reset complete
then more lines of the previous messages again 4 times
then;
Unable to find swap-space signature
At that point on the GUI I get the swap partition message
and on console 4 it says it is rebooting.

Chuck Hast

To paraphrase my flight instructor;
"the only dumb question is the one you DID NOT ask resulting in my going out
and having to identify your bits and pieces in the midst of torn and twisted
metal."
 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kwan Lowe [mailto:kwan@digitalhermit.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 February, 2004 00:13
> To: slug@nks.net
> Subject: RE: [SLUG] Error enabling swap device
>
>
> > I tried that, I used the rescue selection on the CD
> > as there is nothing but partitions on the computer.
> >
> > But I get the same thing. I have tried to set the
> > machine up using both GUI and text mode and still
> > get a failure at the point just after it ask me to
> > select the packages to install and then starts to
> > do the install, at that point it complains about
> > the swap file.
> >
> > There is also another message that says that the
> > following after giving the Error enabling...
> >
> > "This most likely is means this swap partition
> > has not been initialized.
>
> Hmm. Odd. You can try dropping into a shell during the install (it's on
> one of
> the virtual consoles) then running the mkswap command before the step that
> it
> turns on swap. It does sound like it's not running mkswap correctly. How
> large
> is your swap partition? I seem to recall an error with very large
> partitions.
>
>
> >
> > Then it gives you a button to hit to reboot...
> >
> > If you look at the HD you see the partitions there
> > but nothing else.
> >
>
>
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