* ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
@ 2016-04-17 20:18 Thierry Micoud
2016-04-18 8:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thierry Micoud @ 2016-04-17 20:18 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-guix
Hi,
Ive been trying to use a swap partition but as the subject title
indicates i get the following error
ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
when i do
#sudo guix system reconfigure /etc/config.scm
this is the config.scm file
(use-modules (gnu) (gnu system nss))
(use-service-modules desktop networking ssh)
(use-package-modules certs rsync zsh suckless emacs vim tmux wm admin)
;; For those that want to use the zsh shell
(define zsh-location
#~(string-append #$zsh "/bin/zsh"))
(operating-system
(host-name "yuhata")
(hosts-file (local-file (string-append "/etc/hosts-file")))
(timezone "Europe/London")
(locale "en_GB.UTF-8")
;; Assuming /dev/sdX is the target hard disk, and "my-root"
;; is the label of the target root file system.
(bootloader (grub-configuration (device "/dev/sda")))
(file-systems (cons* (file-system
(device "root")
(title 'label)
(mount-point "/")
(type "ext4"))
(file-system
(device "/dev/sda3")
;(title 'label)
(mount-point "/home")
(type "ext4"))
%base-file-systems))
(swap-devices '("/dev/sda1"))
(users (cons (user-account
(name "tmx")
(group "users")
(shell zsh-location)
(supplementary-groups '("wheel" "netdev"
"audio" "video"))
(home-directory "/home/tmx"))
%base-user-accounts))
;; This is where we specify system-wide packages.
(packages (cons* nss-certs ;for HTTPS access
dwm tmux emacs vim dmenu i3-wm htop
rsync
%base-packages))
(services (cons* (lsh-service)
(console-keymap-service "uk")
%desktop-services))
;; Allow resolution of '.local' host names with mDNS.
(name-service-switch %mdns-host-lookup-nss))
and this is the relevent output of fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250000000000 bytes, 488281250 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x659d198e
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sda1 2048 8390655 8388608 4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda2 8390656 385878015 377487360 180G 83 Linux
/dev/sda3 385878016 488281249 102403234 48.8G 83 Linux
I cant see what im doing wrong
any help, sugestions will be greatly apreciated
Many thnaks
thierry
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* Re: ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
2016-04-17 20:18 ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument Thierry Micoud
@ 2016-04-18 8:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
2016-04-18 22:20 ` Thierry Micoud
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-04-18 8:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thierry Micoud; +Cc: help-guix
Thierry Micoud <thierrymicoud@gmail.com> skribis:
> ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
[...]
> and this is the relevent output of fdisk -l
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250000000000 bytes, 488281250 sectors
> Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> Disklabel type: dos
> Disk identifier: 0x659d198e
>
> Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> /dev/sda1 2048 8390655 8388608 4G 82 Linux swap / Solaris
According to swapon(2), this most likely means that /dev/sda1 does not
contain a valid swap signature.
If that is the case, it can be fixed with:
mkswap /dev/sda1
herd start swap-/dev/sda1
HTH!
Ludo’.
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* Re: ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
2016-04-18 8:02 ` Ludovic Courtès
@ 2016-04-18 22:20 ` Thierry Micoud
2016-04-19 10:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Thierry Micoud @ 2016-04-18 22:20 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Ludovic Courtès
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On 18 Apr 2016 09:03, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> Thierry Micoud <thierrymicoud@gmail.com> skribis:
>
> > ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
>
> [...]
>
> > and this is the relevent output of fdisk -l
> >
> > Disk /dev/sda: 232.9 GiB, 250000000000 bytes, 488281250 sectors
> > Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
> > Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
> > Disklabel type: dos
> > Disk identifier: 0x659d198e
> >
> > Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
> > /dev/sda1 2048 8390655 8388608 4G 82 Linux swap /
Solaris
>
> According to swapon(2), this most likely means that /dev/sda1 does not
> contain a valid swap signature.
>
> If that is the case, it can be fixed with:
>
> mkswap /dev/sda1
> herd start swap-/dev/sda1
>
> HTH!
>
> Ludo’.
That was exactly it.
Being a fresh install I completely forgot to mkswap the partition during
the install.
Thanks very much for taking time to reply.
I'm still finding my way round this distro, but enjoying very much the
learning curve.
Thierry
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* Re: ERROR: In procedure swapon: "/dev/sda1": Invalid argument
2016-04-18 22:20 ` Thierry Micoud
@ 2016-04-19 10:42 ` Ludovic Courtès
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Ludovic Courtès @ 2016-04-19 10:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Thierry Micoud; +Cc: help-guix
Thierry Micoud <thierrymicoud@gmail.com> skribis:
> On 18 Apr 2016 09:03, "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org> wrote:
[...]
>> According to swapon(2), this most likely means that /dev/sda1 does not
>> contain a valid swap signature.
>>
>> If that is the case, it can be fixed with:
>>
>> mkswap /dev/sda1
>> herd start swap-/dev/sda1
>>
>> HTH!
>>
>> Ludo’.
>
> That was exactly it.
> Being a fresh install I completely forgot to mkswap the partition during
> the install.
The manual failed to mention it, so I’ve added it:
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/commit/?id=31b6cdf8d196f36790776f366868fe64932fa23d
> Thanks very much for taking time to reply.
> I'm still finding my way round this distro, but enjoying very much the
> learning curve.
Thanks for your feedback!
Ludo’.
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