Re: Someone please help.

[Dan Walker <dan j walker talk21 com>]

thank you ever so much. i changed the /etc/fstab file and all is ok.

One more question, how easy is it to network winxp and rh8? also, are
there any restrictions or can it happily share printers and
directories?  I have seen there is a thing called samba. Is this
something to do with it? how do i mess with samba if it is the one???



On Sun, 2002-12-29 at 22:04, Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 08:43:52PM +0000, Dan Walker wrote:
> > i did the following
> > fdisk -l
> > it gave me:
> >    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/hda1   *         1        13    104391   83  Linux
> > /dev/hda2            14      1596  12715447+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda3          1597      2174   4642785   83  Linux
> > /dev/hda4          2175      2434   2088450    f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
> > /dev/hda5          2175      2239    522081   83  Linux
> > /dev/hda6          2240      2369   1044193+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda7          2370      2434    522081   82  Linux swap
> > 
> > i then typed :
> > 
> > mkswap -c /dev/hda7
> > 
> > it said that it has created one or something (definatly a positive
> > answer from the command)
> > 
> > then i typed swapon /dev/hda7
> > 
> > then rebooted and while booting, i had:
> > 
> > Activating Swap  [FAILED]  No such device or directory
> > 
> > What shall i do now?
> > THANK YOU SO FAR!!!!
> 
> You missed a step. :-)
> 
> >     >     Your /etc/fstab may show it as /dev/hdb5 when it is now
> >     >     /dev/hda5.
> 
> Make that /dev/hda7, now that it is known.
> 
>   fgrep swap /etc/fstab
> 
> If it is not shown as /dev/hda7, fix it with your editor of choice
> (pico, emacs, vi, or something else).  Then you can "swapon /dev/hda7"
> and assume it's fixed, or reboot, just to satisfy yourself.
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
> robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/
> Linux: because I want to get there today.  Without rebooting.
> 
> 
> 
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