Thanks for trying to help.
After checking the commands I issued:
swapoff -a
mkswap /dev/hda3
swapon -a
command free shows:
total used free shared buffers
cached
Mem: 1030468 359756 670712 0 21584
143136
-/+ buffers/cache: 195036 835432
Swap: 1020116 0 1020116
Since memory is ony 1/3 used I am guessing that swap space will
remain empty.
Thanks,
Evan
>
>
>---- Original Message ----
>From: fab@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: epanagio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: error enabling swap space device hda3. No such
>fileordirectory.
>Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 22:23:26 +0400
>
>>The output of 'free' shows that swap space is enabled. However it
>shows
>>that swap space is not used. Usually the contents of memory of the
>>processes which are idle for some time goes to swap and, therefore,
>some
>>amount of swap space is almost always used.
>>I think that you should reinitialize swap space. There is no need to
>use
>>command line options of the 'swapon' command, just use 'swapon
>/dev/hda3'.
>>
>>Alexey Fadyushin.
>>Brainbench MVP for Linux.
>>http://www.brainbench.com
>>
>>
>>Evan Panagiotopoulos wrote:
>>
>>> Command free produced (I show only swap information):
>>> Swap: 1020116 0 1020116
>>> for total, used, and free.
>>>
>>> The command will be:
>>> 1 - swapoff -a
>>>
>>> 2 - mkswap ?????
>>>
>>> 3 - swapon -a
>>>
>>> In my fstab the sawp is shown as:
>>> /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
>>>
>>> Evan
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>---- Original Message ----
>>>>From: fab@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: Re: error enabling swap space device hda3. No such
>>>>file or directory.
>>>>Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 22:02:02 +0400
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>It seems that the swap space works. I think that the installer
>>>>>reinitialized the swap partition after giving you the message.
>>>>>Do you still receiving the message thet the swap partition can
>not
>>>>
>>>>be
>>>>
>>>>>enabled? Do you able to see the swap space in the memory
>information
>>>>
>>>>>given by 'free'?
>>>>>Anyway, you can disable the swap space with 'swapoff'
>reinitialize
>>>>
>>>>it
>>>>
>>>>>with 'mkswap' and enable it again with 'swapon'. It should
>eliminate
>>>>
>>>>the
>>>>
>>>>>error you described.
>>>>>
>>>>>Alexey Fadyushin
>>>>>Brainbench MVP for Linux.
>>>>>http://www.brainbench.com
>>>>>
>>>>>Evan Panagiotopoulos wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>The output was formatted poorly. Here it is again:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Filename /dev/hda3
>>>>>>Type partition
>>>>>>Size 1020116
>>>>>>Used 0
>>>>>>Priority -1
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Evan
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>---- Original Message ----
>>>>>>>From: epanagio@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>Subject: RE: error enabling swap space device hda3. No such
>>>>>>>fileordirectory.
>>>>>>>Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 11:26:22 -0400
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Here is the output
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>swapon -s
>>>>>>>>Filename Type Size Used Priority
>>>>>>>>/dev/hda3 partition 1020116 0 -1
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>---- Original Message ----
>>>>>>>>>From: vkarasik@xxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>Subject: RE: error enabling swap space device hda3. No such
>file
>>>>>>>>>ordirectory.
>>>>>>>>>Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 18:06:23 +0300
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Please check if RHEL 3 uses hda3 as swap:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Swapon -s
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>Rgds,
>>>>>>>>>>Vitaly
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>>>>>>>>>From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>[mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan
>>>>>>>>>>>Panagiotopoulos
>>>>>>>>>>>Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 5:39 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>>>>Subject: error enabling swap space device hda3. No such
>file
>>>>>>>>>>>or directory.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>I am trying to upgrade from EL 3 to EL 4. I tested the 4
>CDs
>>>>>>>>>>>and they are OK. I select the Upgrade option and press OK
>and
>>>>>>>>>>>I see the
>>>>>>>>>>>following:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>error enabling swap space device hda3. No such file or
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>directory.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>This most likely means this swap partition has not been
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>initialized.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Press OK to reboot.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>>>>>>>>
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