holy smokes. I deleted the part, created ext4 on it, then mkswap'ed it, and I'm booting!!!!!
On December 6, 2024 11:31:51 AM EST, Felix Miata <mrma...@stanis.net> wrote: >tomas composed on 2024-12-06 10:47 (UTC+0100): > >> On Thu, Dec 05, 2024 at 09:39:55PM -0500, nsrxnst wrote: >>> aha. > >>> booted a live USB. one of the partitions is now of type "swsuspend". my >>> sleuthing has led me to decide it's a corrupted fs. > >> I've got a different hunch from the others expressed in this >> thread: your computer is trying to restore from a (corrupted) >> hibernated session. > >> But beware: it's only a hunch. At this point it is as (in)valid >> as all the others :-) > >/If/ this is correct, and the source of it is a swap partition, then recreating >the swap /ought/ to be a simple solution. From a live boot, I might do: > > mkswap -L swapper /dev/<name> > >then edit /etc/fstab, changing the swap entry to use > > LABEL=swapper swap swap defaults 0 0 > >instead of UUID=<yadayadayadayadayadayadayadayadayada> swap swap defaults 0 0 > >However, easier would be to strike the E key at the installed system's Grub >menu >and replace the resume= entry with noresume, then proceed with boot, and when >booted, do what I wrote above. >-- >Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, > based on faith, not based on science. > > Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! > >Felix Miata >
