Update: Alpha wont boot--vm_swap_init

From: Darrell King <darrellk_at_altion.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:20:47 +0100

  Previous message;
> I somehow managed to screw up the /dev/ directory ie i may have deleted
all
> the entries. DOhhhh!!
> now on bootup it obviously cannot find the devices swap etc./
> Is there anyway of getting around this, below is where the machine is
> hanging.
>
> vm_swap_init:vm_swapon for /dev/rz16b device failed
> vm_swap_init:swap is set to lazy (over commitment) mode

PRESENT:
I booted up from the OS cd and exited to unix shell.
then,
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV rz16 rz17 rz18
This made all the device files fine.
Trying to mount the disks
"mount /dev/rz16a /mnt" gave me an error rz16a contains advfs.
so i tried "mount -t advfs /dev/rz16a /mnt" which gave me an error, no such
domain fileset or mount dir.

I decided to mkfdm
/sbin/mkfdmn /dev/rz16a dmn16
"/dev/rrz16a is marked in use for advfs in the disklabel. If you continue
with this operation you can possibly destroy existing data.continue [y/n], I
awnsered yes.

/sbin/advfs/advscan rz16 showed which way the disk was broken up. i knew
rz16a was root and rz16g was /usr.

Before making the file name i tried to just create the link in /etc/fdmns to
no avail i still couldnt mount it .
I know there is a way around this
So can anyone tell me how this is done .

eg i
cd /etc/fdmns
ln -s /dev/rz16a rz16a

Or maybe im way off ?

TIA


Darrell King
Systems Manager
+353 1 6142430
darrellk_at_altion.com
darrellk_at_apion-ti.com
087-2850314
Received on Wed Jul 21 1999 - 20:21:40 NZST

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