Try booting with a CD-ROM. I don't know if Red HAT CDs support this, but I have done this often with knoppix and phlak. Once you boot to CD, mount the HD and run mkswap. I have actually never ran mkswap in this manner, but it should work fine. Job Cacka -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of unix syzadmin Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 6:01 AM To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list Subject: Re: RHEL AS4 server hangs indefinetly after displaying "LoadingSwapSpace [ok]" during boot. Hi, mkswap is used to create swap area. I can do that only if I can get the system booted. Please suggest, Regards, -GnanaShekar- On 2/20/06, Donald_Duncan_II@xxxxxxxx <Donald_Duncan_II@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of unix syzadmin > Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 2:49 AM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: RHEL AS4 server hangs indefinetly after displaying "Loading > SwapSpace [ok]" during boot. > > Hi, > > A Linux server (RHEL AS4 on Dell poweredge 1650), is hanging while > booting. > It displays the following and hangs indefintely. > > Loading Swap Space [ok] > > How do I go about troubleshooting this issue. Please suggest. > > Regards, > -GnanaShekar- > -- > > > I too have had this same difficulty. It is especially noticable when I > move from one kernel version to the next. In order to work around this > issue, I simply ran mkswap on the swap partition. Anyone know what the > real issue is? > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subjecthttps://www.redhat.com/mailman/ listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
