Re: [vox-tech] SuSE - Debian Swap Conflict
On Friday 07 January 2005 15:55, Jeff Newmiller wrote: > On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Robert G. Scofield wrote: > > In my experience, the installer prompts you to proceed at each step, and > offers alternatives. It does NOT "not go forward unless [some other > partition] is formatted". It _does_ offer a default path forward that > formats succeeding partitions, and you may not have realized that you > did not have to follow that path. Once I picked the option that let me do the partitioning, it gave me the list of partitions already on the machine. It gave me the option to edit each one. I picked /dev/hdb3, and when I went on, it marked both it and /dev/hdb5 for formatting. I went back a couple of times to try to get out of formatting the /dev/hdb5 partition, but couldn't do it. > > > > > 2) Since SuSE is my main system and Debian is just a training tool, is > > there some way to re-partition the swap partition in the way SuSE's > > reiserfs likes? > > reiserfs doesn't "like" anything about other partitions... it has no > opinion on matters outside its partition. However, fstab may be messing > you up. > Here's the Debian fstab entry for /dev/hdb5: /dev/hdb5 noneswapsw 0 0 Here's the SuSE fstab entry for /dev/hdb5: /dev/hdb5swap swap pri=420 0 Of course, the SuSE fstab is the only one I'm worried about. Bob ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
Re: [vox-tech] SuSE - Debian Swap Conflict
On Fri, 7 Jan 2005, Robert G. Scofield wrote: > I'm sorry if this message gets out twice, but Kmail seems to have eaten my > first try. > > I've got a strange error message regarding my Swap partition. Here's the > background: > > I have my main Linux distro, SuSE 9.2, on hdb2. I had a duplicate copy of > this distro on hdb3. I installed Debian over the duplicate on hdb3. When > installing Debian, the installer would not go forward unless /dev/hdb5 was > formatted in addition to hdb3. Hdb5 is my swap partition. In my experience, the installer prompts you to proceed at each step, and offers alternatives. It does NOT "not go forward unless [some other partition] is formatted". It _does_ offer a default path forward that formats succeeding partitions, and you may not have realized that you did not have to follow that path. You should be fine re-using the same swap partition from both SuSE and Debian. > After rebooting after the Debian install, SuSE would not boot. I used a SuSE > rescue CD which fixed a FSTAB entry, and now SuSE boots. But while using the > SuSE rescue CD I got an error message saying that /dev/hdb5 contains an > unknown file system. > > Everything seems to be working and I just put in the rescue CD to check once > more for problems. When the rescue utility starts I get a box with this > message: > > "Activate Swap Partition /dev/hdb5 > > The partition /dev/hdb5 has the file system ID 130 and contains a valid swap > area. Activating this swap partition increases the performance of the repair > tool. Press "Yes" to activate the swap partition." > > After I press "Yes" and the repair tool continues to do its work it > ultimately > returns this error message: "/dev/hdb5 contains unknown file system." > > While SuSE seems to be working, I haven't used it much as I'm downloading > Debian packages. But I'm wondering if SuSE is activating the swap partition > when it boots. I didn't realize that there was more than one swap file > system. I thought swap was swap. But note that SuSE is using reiserfs and > Debian is using ext3. So here are some questions: > > 1) Will SuSE run into problems if I start doing some memory intensive work, > or do you think SuSE is activating swap when it boots? It sounds like you have Debian and SuSE configured to use that partition for different purposes. Check your fstab file in Debian AND in SuSE. You may still have to reformat it for swap when you are done. > 2) Since SuSE is my main system and Debian is just a training tool, is there > some way to re-partition the swap partition in the way SuSE's reiserfs likes? reiserfs doesn't "like" anything about other partitions... it has no opinion on matters outside its partition. However, fstab may be messing you up. --- Jeff NewmillerThe . . Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/BatteriesO.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...1k --- ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] SuSE - Debian Swap Conflict
I'm sorry if this message gets out twice, but Kmail seems to have eaten my first try. I've got a strange error message regarding my Swap partition. Here's the background: I have my main Linux distro, SuSE 9.2, on hdb2. I had a duplicate copy of this distro on hdb3. I installed Debian over the duplicate on hdb3. When installing Debian, the installer would not go forward unless /dev/hdb5 was formatted in addition to hdb3. Hdb5 is my swap partition. After rebooting after the Debian install, SuSE would not boot. I used a SuSE rescue CD which fixed a FSTAB entry, and now SuSE boots. But while using the SuSE rescue CD I got an error message saying that /dev/hdb5 contains an unknown file system. Everything seems to be working and I just put in the rescue CD to check once more for problems. When the rescue utility starts I get a box with this message: "Activate Swap Partition /dev/hdb5 The partition /dev/hdb5 has the file system ID 130 and contains a valid swap area. Activating this swap partition increases the performance of the repair tool. Press "Yes" to activate the swap partition." After I press "Yes" and the repair tool continues to do its work it ultimately returns this error message: "/dev/hdb5 contains unknown file system." While SuSE seems to be working, I haven't used it much as I'm downloading Debian packages. But I'm wondering if SuSE is activating the swap partition when it boots. I didn't realize that there was more than one swap file system. I thought swap was swap. But note that SuSE is using reiserfs and Debian is using ext3. So here are some questions: 1) Will SuSE run into problems if I start doing some memory intensive work, or do you think SuSE is activating swap when it boots? 2) Since SuSE is my main system and Debian is just a training tool, is there some way to re-partition the swap partition in the way SuSE's reiserfs likes? Thank you. Bob ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
[vox-tech] SuSE - Debian Swap Conflict?
I've got a strange error message regarding my Swap partition. Here's the background: I have my main Linux distro, SuSE 9.2, on hdb2. I had a duplicate copy of this distro on hdb3. I installed Debian over the duplicate on hdb3. When installing Debian, the installer would not go forward unless /dev/hdb5 was formatted in addition to hdb3. Hdb5 is my swap partition. After rebooting after the Debian install, SuSE would not boot. I used a SuSE rescue CD which fixed a FSTAB entry, and now SuSE boots. But while using the SuSE rescue CD I got an error message saying that /dev/hdb5 contains an unknown file system. Everything seems to be working and I just put in the rescue CD to check once more for problems. When the rescue utility starts I get a box with this message: "Activate Swap Partition /dev/hdb5 The partition /dev/hdb5 has the file system ID 130 and contains a valid swap area. Activating this swap partition increases the performance of the repair tool. Press "Yes" to activate the swap partition." After I press "Yes" and the repair tool continues to do its work it ultimately returns this error message: "/dev/hdb5 contains unknown file system." While SuSE seems to be working, I haven't used it much as I'm downloading Debian packages. But I'm wondering if SuSE is activating the swap partition when it boots. I didn't realize that there was more than one swap file system. I thought swap was swap. But note that SuSE is using reiserfs and Debian is using ext3. So here are some questions: 1) Will SuSE run into problems if I start doing some memory intensive work, or do you think SuSE is activating swap when it boots? 2) Since SuSE is my main system and Debian is just a training tool, is there some way to re-partition the swap partition in the way SuSE's reiserfs likes? Thank you. Bob ___ vox-tech mailing list vox-tech@lists.lugod.org http://lists.lugod.org/mailman/listinfo/vox-tech
