[rhn-users] Swap problem

Roy S. Nielsen rsn at lanl.gov
Tue Oct 11 13:53:24 UTC 2005


Not sure if this is helpful - but have you tried making a swap file
instead of a swap partition?

-Roy

> I have googled this, but am not finding anything helpful. Here is my
> problem:
>
> Redhat ES 4 on Dell 2850 with Perc 4/di raid controller and one 73 gig
> scsi drive
>
> I have the following partitions:
>
> /var
>
> /tmp
>
> /boot
>
> /
>
> /usr
>
> /home
>
> Swap
>
> The other day I came into work and found my machine had thrown a
> processor error that Dell identified as a problem with that proc and the
> running BIOS, so I upgraded the bios, but now I cannot get past enabling
> swap space at boot. I have used mkswap and fdisk both to make a new swap
> space, but at reboot the problem comes back.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Devin Quince
>
> System Administrator II
>
> Software Engineering System Administration Team (SESA)
>
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>
> 720-840-4643
>
>
>
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