[lug] Error creating swap...
D. Stimits
stimits at idcomm.com
Sat Jan 13 17:56:18 MST 2001
Andrew Reberry wrote:
>
> Hey All,
>
> Well, I should have expected this. I finally found some free time to
> backup, reformat, and upgrade my linux machine to RH 7.0. However after
> doing so I keep getting the error during the installation:
>
> "Error creating swap on device hda5"
>
> This error is given to me when my native linux partition is formatted.
> However I do not believe /dev/hda5 is being formatted during this time at
> all. After the installation I get the error during bootup:
>
> "Activating swap partitions: swapon: /dev/hda5: No Such Device
> [ FAILED ]"
>
> I believe my problem is the way I am using fdisk to remove partitions before
> making my fresh install. I have gone through the installation process twice
> now and have gotten the same result. Can someone tell me the exact way to
> delete all data from the hard drive before making a fresh install? (and
> just when I thought I might actually know a tiny bit about linux... there
> goes that)
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Andrew Reberry
>
Remove all reference to hda5 from /etc/fstab. If there isn't something
there, then it is something more bizarre.
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