fstab-synch

[Karl Larsen]

Jay Cliburn wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 19:59 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Jay Cliburn wrote:
>>     
>>> On Mon, 2006-05-22 at 17:05 -0600, Karl Larsen wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>>>     Next was the swap directories. It had non-sense addresses for both 
>>>> swap directories. Really BAD! I changed it by erasing the /dev/hda swap 
>>>> and then re-writing the /dev/hdb3 SWAP just like that. This has been 
>>>> working and fstab-synch has not messed with it.
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Well known bug in FC4 Anaconda.  Search bugzilla for details.  There are
>>> also posts relating to the condition at fedoraforum.org, if you're
>>> interested.
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>>     Well I think I will try to get the file fixed up properly and 
>> watching it every day see if it stays in good shape. Every new fangangle 
>> has 6 side effects that are BAD.
>>     
>
> The swap label bug affects FC4 only at install time.  fstab-sync won't
> mess with it going forward.
>
> By the way, you should probably check to make sure swap is working.
>
> grep SwapTotal /proc/meminfo
>
> Verify a nonzero result.
>
>   
    I used top and it lists the proper size swap file which is mounted.

Karl

PS: It's not just a FC4 problem. I looked at the /etc/fstab on my FC5 
and it is, if anything worse than FC4!