Hi We are also getting this bug where swapon failed at boot with latest kernel 4.9.0-8-686-pae on 32bit i386 Debian 9.4 VMs on VMware VM version 11 on ESX 6.0
I get this in syslog: swapon[319]: swapon: /dev/sdb1: swapon failed: Invalid argument Fixed it for now by downgrading metapackage linux-image-686-pae to previous version as follows: apt-get install linux-image-686-pae=4.9+80+deb9u5 which auto installs: linux-image-4.9.0-7-686-pae:i386 Then I did : apt-get remove linux-image-4.9.0-8-686-pae and re-booted HELP! Does anyone know how to pin the metapackage so unattended-upgrades does not re-install : linux-image-686-pae:i386=4.9+80+deb9u6 and the faulty linux-image-4.9.0-8-686-pae Thanks Will Salmon, Systems & Infrastructure Support Officer (Linux servers), Faculty of Medical Sciences, Learning Technology Support Unit, Ridley Building 1 (floor 3) Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK, NE1 7RU (0191) 208 4539 : E-mail: will.sal...@ncl.ac.uk