From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 (2022-12-14) on finch.gentoo.org X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.1 required=5.0 tests=DATE_IN_PAST_12_24,DMARC_NONE, INVALID_DATE,MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=4.0.0 Received: from bernacchi.chem.uh.edu ([129.7.244.123]) by cvs.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 3.30 #1) id 15LTka-0001mq-00 for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 12:02:44 -0600 Received: by bernacchi.chem.uh.edu (Postfix, from userid 501) id C43B58C05E; Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:04:39 -0500 (CDT) From: Grant Goodyear To: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Message-ID: <20010714130439.A16762@bernacchi.chem.uh.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.15i Subject: [gentoo-dev] build CD boot swap problem Sender: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org Errors-To: gentoo-dev-admin@cvs.gentoo.org X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: gentoo-dev@cvs.gentoo.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Gentoo Linux development list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Sat Jul 14 12:03:01 2001 X-Original-Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2001 13:04:39 -0500 X-Archives-Salt: 62ed46fe-fa08-4c09-8b9b-07f2783e196b X-Archives-Hash: 6a75177f47b4f817e2d4960aceb6cf1d After installing Gentoo from the build CD, several (meaning at least three so far) people are finding that, despite a valid fstab, the swap partition isn't being mounted at boot time, although "swapon -a" will mount the swap partition after the system is up. Polaris (on irc) suggests the fix of putting the devfs name in fstab (instead of /dev/hdax). I've installed Gentoo rc5 both from the i686 and the build CDs now, and I only had the swap problem w/ the build CD. Anybody have an idea what's going on? Thanks, Grant -- ___________________________________________________________________ | Grant Goodyear | The Secrets of Physics: | | Dept. of Chemistry - UH |1. Add zero. | | Houston, TX 77204 |2. Multiply by one. | |-------------------------------------|3. Expand in a Taylor series| |e-mail: goodyear@uh.edu |4. Integrate by parts. | |www:bernacchi.chem.uh.edu/~grant |5. Fourier transform. | | |6. Add auxiliary variables | |_____________________________________|____________________________|