Re: installing debian
On Sun, 25 Oct 1998, Corbishley Family wrote:
> I then get the error message "The swap partition /dev/hda4 could not be
> activated: Device or resource busy. Continue." How do I get around
> this. I tried to get past it by choosing to do without a swap partition,
> but further ahead i was told i was out of memory.
>
> Thanks for the help
>
> a very tired customer
Was /dev/hda4 created as a partition of the swap type? In other words,
earlier in the process when you partitioned the drive, did you make
/dev/hda4 the special type "Linux Swap" ? If it is a regular "Linux
Native" type, makeing the swap partition will fail.
George Bonser
The Linux "We're never going out of business" sale at an FTP site near you!
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