I went back into 8.1 and reformatted the swap partition and then remounted. I then rebooted into the cooker net install and I was able to start the upgrade.... it is now in progress...
--- Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SI Reasoning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I tried to upgrade an 8.1 to cooker through net > > install and ran into issues where it would not > > recognize the swap file on hda2. I would get an > error > > message that swapon failed at hda2 (or something > like > > that) and could not proceed further. > > pretty weird. I suppose the swap partition is > working ok under 8.1 ? > No useful error message on console 3 ? > > In last resort, you could try using the rescue: > % mknod /dev/hda2 > % swapon /dev/hda2 > It may give better error message... > ===== SI Reasoning [EMAIL PROTECTED] "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send your FREE holiday greetings online! http://greetings.yahoo.com
