The output from SWAPGEN being called would be the most useful.. What does the console look like when SWAPGEN is called? This would be the output before the Linux boot messages...
Scott Rohling On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Larry Bernacki < lawrence.ctr.berna...@faa.gov> wrote: > We have two SLES 11 machines that are not getting their swap file enabled > at boot. The VM profile contains the SWAPGEN exec to format two virtual > FBA swap disks. Looking thru the console log (in VM), I find messages the > following messages: > dasd(fba) : 0.0.5555: 9336/10(CU:6310/80) 60MB at (512 B/blk) > dasdc: (non1) dasdc1 > dasd(fba) : 0.0.5555: 9336/10(CU:6310/80) 60MB at (512 B/blk) > dasdd: (non1) dasdd1 > ... > "Unable to find swap-space signature" > > > The 'swapon -s' command shows no swap space allocated. > > The 'lsdasd' command shows the two swap files, as well as the two ECKD > devices for /boot and /. > > Bus-ID Status Name Device Type BlkSz Size Blocks > 0.0.2424 active dasda 94:0 ECKD 4096 7043MB 1803060 > 0.0.2425 active dasdb 94:4 ECKD 4096 7043MB 1803060 > 0.0.5555 active dasdc 94:8 FBA 512 60MB 124000 > 0.0.5556 active dasdd 94:12 FBA 512 48MB 100000 > > /etc/fstab contains: > > /dev/vg1/lv1 / ext3 acl,user_xattr > 1 1 > /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.2424-part1 /boot ext3 > acl,user_xattr 1 2 > proc /proc proc defaults > 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs noauto > 0 0 > debugfs /sys/kernel/debug debugfs noauto > 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 > 0 0 > /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.5555-part1 swap swap > defaults 0 0 > /dev/disk/by-path/ccw-0.0.5556-part1 swap swap > defaults 0 0 > > > The swap files were first in the list, I moved them yesterday in hopes > that it might make a different. But no change. > > If I enter a 'swapon -a' , the following is displayed: > > swapon: /dev/dasdc1: Invalid argument > swapon: /dev/dasdd1: Invalid argument > > Is there anything that I am missing? Do the enabling of swap devices > need to be anywhere else? > > Thanks for any and all help, > Larry Bernacki > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or > visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
