regarding swap

[Matthew Seaman]

On Thu, Aug 12, 2004 at 04:00:23PM -0700, suporte dsgx wrote:
> is there anyway possible that i could fsck swap space ? cause last time i was using 1.5G of swap then the ded crashed with a power failure now it started rebooting automatictly without even logging the reason on messages every time the ded start using the swap it reboots with no reason thx

No -- there's no filesystem on a swap partition to fsck(8).

It does sound as if your swap area is damaged though.  Depending on
the disk type you could try doing a surface analysis.  For SCSI disks
that should be an option available from the SCSI BIOS.  For ata
drives, you'll probably have to download a DOS program from the disk
manufacturer's website.  There should be a non-destructive version
which will let you know if there are areas on your disk that cannot be
read.

If that is the case, then your best course is to get yourself a new
drive ASAP and copy your system onto it.  A disk that has been so
damaged as to run out of alternate blocks etc. is definitely on it's
last gasp and likely to fail completely at any time.

	Cheers,

	Matthew

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