[linux-help] Re: disk surface problems?

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Look at /etc/fstab:

ile system> <mount point> <type> <options>                  <dump> <pass>
/dev/hda5       /             ext2   defaults,errors=remount-ro 0      1
/dev/hda9       none          swap   sw                         0      0
proc            /proc         proc   defaults                   0      0
/dev/hda6 /home ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda7 /usr ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda8 /var ext2 defaults 0 2
/dev/hda1 /win vfat defaults 0 2
/dev/sda1 /cdr ext2 defaults 0 2


One (or more) partition will have "swap" listed as the type and "sw" as the
options.  This is/these are the swap partition(s).


On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 06:20:23AM -0600, j m wagle wrote:
> Thanks Jonathan and Phrostie:
> 
> but HOW can I tell what the swap device is?  Remember i am not very
> bright :).
> 
> sorry for the repeated questions
> mike in wichita
> 
> Jonathan Hall wrote:
> > 
> > yes, the -c switch also works for mkfs... it simply runs badblocks.
> > 
> > On Sun, Feb 20, 2000 at 04:43:44AM +0000, phrostie wrote:
> > > mkswap has a switch -c that tells it to check for bad
> > > blocks.
> > >
> > > i've been having trouble too.
> > >
> > > remember to do a swapoff <device>
> > > then swapon <device> when your done.
> > >
> > >
> > > j m wagle wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thank you, badblocks works like a champ.
> > > > Now... (sorry, one more question), how do I access my 'swap' space?
> > > > I do a 'df' and display my /dev/hda## (where ## = 05 to 11), but my
> > > > 'swap' is not shown.  (sorry if this is not the way to pose the
> > > > question, but I think that the swap space is were my 'bad block'
> > > > is).
> 
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