Date: Mon, 25 Dec 1995 11:02:29 +0100 (MET) From: Ollivier Robert <roberto@keltia.freenix.fr> To: cshenton@it.hq.nasa.gov (Chris Shenton) Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: 2.1-RELEASE install -- login causes "out of swap" Message-ID: <199512251002.LAA06528@keltia.freenix.fr> In-Reply-To: <199512250150.BAA27208@wirehead.hq.nasa.gov> from "Chris Shenton" at Dec 24, 95 08:50:41 pm
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It seems that Chris Shenton said: > swap_pager: out of space > > The login fails, both for (currently password-less) root as well as > the single (passworded) user account I created. You probably forgot to set up the swap space or the system is unable to do a "swapon" on it. Boot single user with "-s" at the "Boot:" prompt and have a look at /etc/fstab. you should have at least one line like the following: # Swap slices /dev/sd0b swap none sw /dev/sd2b swap none sw If not, then you must re-disklabel the disk with one swap partition. The label line should be like the following: # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] ... b: 65536 782336 swap # (Cyl. 382 - 413) ... If you don't have any free partition or blocks, you'll have to define one on another disk or reinstall. If you're sure you defined one swap partition, look if /etc/fstab has the good partition letter or that the swap partition does not overlap with another. If you want to modify /etc/fstab in single user mode, you'll have to remount "/" read-write with the following command: /sbin/mount -u / or /sbin/mount -u /dev/sd0a (or wd0a) if your fstab is empty Good luck... and Merry Xmas to all BTW :-) -- Ollivier ROBERT -=- The daemon is FREE! -=- roberto@keltia.frmug.fr.net FreeBSD keltia.freenix.fr 2.2-CURRENT #8: Sat Dec 23 21:44:39 MET 1995
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