On 27 Feb 2000, FreeMan wrote: c-3 >Hi, c-3 > c-3 >I'm trying to install Debian 2.0 on an old Compaq-computer, but I c-3 >can't even activate the swap partition. I always get the error c-3 >message "can't activate swap - device or ressource busy". c-3 >What am I doing wrong or is it probably a problem with the chipset? c-3 >(I'm using a Compaq ProLinea 3/25zs with a WDC-chipset, i386/25 c-3 >Processor and 4MB RAM - I tried various harddisks)
login as root, run fdisk, find the swap partition then quit fdisk type mkswap /dev/XXXX where XXXX is the device name for the swap partition then swapon /dev/XXXX to turn it on, see what happens. some systems you have to reboot after you change the partition table (before you even format the partition), if it still doesn't work include a listing of fdisk -l <device> where <device> is the name of your hdd (/dev/hda /dev/hdb /dev/sda /dev/sdb etc) nate ----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Vice President Network Operations http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- 12:55pm up 191 days, 1:16, 1 user, load average: 1.16, 1.05, 1.01
