Re: cannot format swapspace on /hda3

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Globe Trotter wrote:
> 
> I tried to install Redhat 7.2 on my NEC Versa 6230 with an
> Intel MMX-P233MHz Pentium-II processor, 96MB RAM, 3.2GB HDD
> (2.4GB for linux partition) and was unable to install it because
> of the following error (not verbatim, but close):
> 
> cannot format swapspace on /hda3
> 
> Trying again, after formatting with Partition
> Magic still produced no result.
> 
> I was able to get SuSE 8.0 working on this
> laptop without a problem, but would like Redhat 7.2
> on this machine, because that is what I use on my
> other ones.
> 
> Any ideas as to what the problem is and how to solve it?
> 
> Thanks and best wishes!
> 

You do have the partition marked as type 82, right?

Barry
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