Re: upgrade problem

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 11:03:42PM -0600, Mark Sweitzer wrote:
> I have RH 7.2 on a server I wish to upgrade to 7.3.
> However, due to a problem with a swap partition, it won't upgrade.
> The original 7.2 install was begun on partition hda1. When I boot Linux, I
> get a "Failed" response when swap partition "/dev/hda3" won't initialize.
> Does anyone know what would keep it from initializing, and how I can correct
> this so that I can do a 7.3 upgrade?
> 
> Thanks!
> Mark S.

What is the partition type of /dev/hda3?  When you run "fdisk -l
/dev/hda", it should show up as 82 in the Id column, and Linux swap in
the System column.

Have you run "mkswap /dev/hda3"?

Cheers,
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