Re: Error Initializing swap partition on lowmem install
Thanks bunches!
The system is up and running.
I think something to this end should be put in the installation guide, or one of the
many faq. I had a little trouble using vi, but after an hour of trials, i finally
convinces vi to display a "/". all went well, and now I am looking for the man
command equivalent.
Peace.
Troy
Simon Holgate wrote:
>
> Hi Tercero,
>
> I had a similar problem, basically the error occurs because the entry
> for the swap is not made in the file system table (/etc/fstab), and
> nothing that you've done wrong. I solved it as follows:
>
> I did the full install, ignoring the lack of swap space, and allowed the
> reboot from hard-disk option, but instead of writing the boot disk
> (which always locked up my system), I rebooted with the lomem disk in
> the disk drive, but skipped everything I could and didn't repartition
> the disk (THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT). You will have to re-install minix,
> but that's no problem.
>
> Once you get to the main install bit (after the lomem disk) you can hit
> left-alt f2 to open up another login window. Login.
>
> cd to the root directory:
> cd /
>
> make a directory, say 'junk':
> mkdir junk
>
> mount your previously installed linux native partition (hda3?) with:
> mount /dev/hda3 junk
>
> You can now cd junk and you'll see all your installed directories. Now:
> cd /etc
>
> and edit the fstab file:
> vi fstab
>
> you need to add (under the following headings) the line:
>
> <filesystem> <mount pt> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
> /dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0
> (or whatever your
> swap partition is)
>
> save the file
>
> then cd back to your minix partition:
> cd /
>
> unmount junk:
> umount /dev/hda3
> rm junk
>
> and reboot! (without the floppy) Hopefully it will now read the fstab
> file and safely 'swapon' your swap space.
>
> Please let me know if you need any more help, and better still, if this
> solution works for you.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Simon
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