Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266524AbTGEW22 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jul 2003 18:28:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266527AbTGEW22 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jul 2003 18:28:28 -0400 Received: from poup.poupinou.org ([195.101.94.96]:19485 "EHLO poup.poupinou.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266524AbTGEW20 (ORCPT ); Sat, 5 Jul 2003 18:28:26 -0400 Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2003 00:42:51 +0200 To: Daniel Cavanagh Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: bsd disklabel and swap Message-ID: <20030705224251.GA8991@poupinou.org> References: <3F04FFD0.2060404@vtown.com.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3F04FFD0.2060404@vtown.com.au> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i From: Ducrot Bruno Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1562 Lines: 41 On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 02:17:20PM +1000, Daniel Cavanagh wrote: > hi > > i'm having a problem with a bsd disklabel and swap. > my /dev/hda disk look like this > > partition 1: fat > partition 2: ext2 > partition 3: openbsd > > it is a standard bsd disklabel with a as root and b as swap. this means > that /dev/hda6 should be the swap partition. but "swapon /dev/hda6" > prints "swapon: /dev/hda6: Invalid argument". it also prints that for > any other valid partition. if i put this in /etc/fstab, on boot the > kernel will print "Unable to find swap-space signature" before swapon > prints the above message. but if i use /dev/hda3 instead, swapon will > accept it and add a 512Mb swap, which is the correct size. but it > appears that rather than writing at the start of the swap it starts > writing at the start of the openbsd partition so my root partition is > being corrupted. have i screwed or have you guys screwed up? > > im running slackware 9 (2.4.20) with a recompiled kernel. my .config is > attached if you need it. > > thanks, daniel > By compiling with CONFIG_BSD_DISKLABEL, you actually have changed the /dev/hdaXX numbering scheme so that /dev/hda6 may be now one of your OpenBSD partition. -- Ducrot Bruno -- Which is worse: ignorance or apathy? -- Don't know. Don't care. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/