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Bug 39245 - Installation Guide does not address Knoppix's automatic use of existing swap partitions
Summary: Installation Guide does not address Knoppix's automatic use of existing swap ...
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: [OLD] Docs-user
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Gentoo Linux x86 Installation Guide (show other bugs)
Hardware: x86 Linux
: High minor (vote)
Assignee: Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED)
URL: http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook...
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Reported: 2004-01-24 07:36 UTC by C. Kaukl
Modified: 2004-02-07 11:12 UTC (History)
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Description C. Kaukl 2004-01-24 07:36:47 UTC 
When installing Gentoo using a Knoppix LiveCD onto a hard drive previously partitioned for linux, the "swapon" command will fail unless preceded by a "swapoff" command.  This is because Knoppix will attempt to use existing swap partitions on the hard drive, so swap is already on.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Make a swap partition on the hard drive OR install Gentoo onto a hard drive already partitioned for Linux, where one of the partitions is of type Linux Swap.
2. Boot from a Knoppix LiveCD.
3. Run "mkswap /dev/<swap partition>"
4. Run "swapon"

Actual Results:  
Swapon fails.

Expected Results:  
Swapon should have succeeded.
Comment 1 Sven Vermeulen (RETIRED) gentoo-dev 2004-02-07 11:12:32 UTC 
Fixed. Thanks for reporting.