steffen@gfz-potsdam.dbp.de
Date: 09/22/92 

From: steffen@gfz-potsdam.dbp.de
Subject: Re: "Will not make swap device on /dev/hda5"
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1992 06:17:08 GMT

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"owner-linux-activists@joker.cs.hut.fi writes :"

   Howdy linuxers...
   I have a serious problem: I cannot make a swap partition on my laboratory
   PC system in a logical partition. Doing the same on my home box works
   fine, but the lab machine complains "Will not make swap device on
   `/dev/hda5'." I have even tried clearing the partition using dd
   if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda5 bs=1024 count=16379, but it is still the same.
   What is wrong?
We tried to install 0.97pl2 on a scsi disk, primary partitions went well,
but logical partitions come back with errors during mk*.
Some idea ?

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